| Cladistics and archaeology MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman, DS Glover, J Darwent (No Title), 2003 | 235 | 2003 |
| Elements of an inclusive evolutionary model for archaeology RD Leonard, GT Jones Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 6 (3), 199-219, 1987 | 231 | 1987 |
| Quantitative analysis in archaeology TL VanPool, RD Leonard John Wiley & Sons, 2011 | 192 | 2011 |
| Quantifying diversity in archaeology RD Leonard, GT Jones Cambridge University Press, 1989 | 175 | 1989 |
| Diversity, organization, and behavior in the material record: ethnographic and archaeological examples [and comments and replies] MJ Shott, S Bowdler, CJ Ellis, J Francis, GT Jones, RD Leonard, CL Nagle, ... Current Anthropology 30 (3), 283-315, 1989 | 87 | 1989 |
| Resource specialization, population growth, and agricultural production in the American Southwest RD Leonard American Antiquity 54 (3), 491-503, 1989 | 77 | 1989 |
| Evolutionary archaeology RD Leonard | 76 | 2001 |
| The Ancient Southwestern Community: models and methods for the study of prehistoric social organization WH Wills, RD Leonard University of New Mexico Press, 1994 | 73 | 1994 |
| The relationship between sample size and diversity in archaeological assemblages DJ Meltzer, RD Leonard, SK Stratton Journal of Archaeological Science 19 (4), 375-387, 1992 | 67 | 1992 |
| Population aggregation in the prehistoric American Southwest: a selectionist model RD Leonard, HE Reed American Antiquity 58 (4), 648-661, 1993 | 62 | 1993 |
| What the New Archaeology Has Accomplished [and Comments and Reply] RA Watson, WY Adams, BE Barich, JA Bell, FG Fedele, Z Kobylinski, ... Current anthropology 32 (3), 275-291, 1991 | 61 | 1991 |
| Ancestral Pueblo population aggregation and abandonment in the North American Southwest MA Adler, T Van Pool, RD Leonard Journal of World Prehistory 10, 375-438, 1996 | 60 | 1996 |
| Basic incompatibilities between evolutionary and behavioral archaeology MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman, RD Leonard American antiquity 63 (3), 485-498, 1998 | 56 | 1998 |
| Specialized ground stone production in the Casas Grandes region of northern Chihuahua, Mexico TL VanPool, RD Leonard American Antiquity 67 (4), 710-730, 2002 | 52 | 2002 |
| The concept of diversity: an introduction GT Jones, RD Leonard Quantifying diversity in archaeology 2, 1989 | 49 | 1989 |
| The Structure of Selectionist Explanations GT Jones, RD Leonard, AL Abbott Evolutionary archaeology: Methodological issues, 13, 1995 | 45 | 1995 |
| Reconstructing the flow of information across time and space: a phylogenetic analysis of ceramic traditions from prehispanic western and northern Mexico and the American southwest MJ Harmon, TL VanPool, RD Leonard, CS VanPool, LA Salter Mapping Our Ancestors, 209-230, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Anasazi faunal exploitation: prehistoric subsistence on northern Black Mesa, Arizona RD Leonard Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at …, 1989 | 41 | 1989 |
| Style and function: An introduction MJ O’Brien, RD Leonard Style and function: Conceptual issues in evolutionary archaeology, 1-23, 2001 | 31 | 2001 |
| What is evolution? A response to Bamforth MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman, RD Leonard American antiquity 68 (3), 573-580, 2003 | 28 | 2003 |
