| The late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas T Goebel, MR Waters, DH O'Rourke science 319 (5869), 1497-1502, 2008 | 1011 | 2008 |
| Redefining the age of Clovis: implications for the peopling of the Americas MR Waters, TW Stafford Jr Science 315 (5815), 1122-1126, 2007 | 781 | 2007 |
| Principles of geoarchaeology: A North American perspective MR Waters University of Arizona Press, 1992 | 672 | 1992 |
| Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans M Raghavan, M Steinrücken, K Harris, S Schiffels, S Rasmussen, ... Science 349 (6250), aab3884, 2015 | 603 | 2015 |
| The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana M Rasmussen, SL Anzick, MR Waters, P Skoglund, M DeGiorgio, ... Nature 506 (7487), 225-229, 2014 | 590 | 2014 |
| Late Quaternary vegetation and climate changes in central Texas based on the isotopic composition of organic carbon LC Nordt, TW Boutton, CT Hallmark, MR Waters Quaternary Research 41 (1), 109-120, 1994 | 307 | 1994 |
| The Buttermilk Creek complex and the origins of Clovis at the Debra L. Friedkin site, Texas MR Waters, SL Forman, TA Jennings, LC Nordt, SG Driese, JM Feinberg, ... science 331 (6024), 1599-1603, 2011 | 292 | 2011 |
| Late Quaternary arroyo formation and climate change in the American Southwest MR Waters, CV Haynes Geology 29 (5), 399-402, 2001 | 250 | 2001 |
| Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas JJ Halligan, MR Waters, A Perrotti, IJ Owens, JM Feinberg, MD Bourne, ... Science advances 2 (5), e1600375, 2016 | 234 | 2016 |
| Pre-Clovis mastodon hunting 13,800 years ago at the Manis site, Washington MR Waters, TW Stafford Jr, HG McDonald, C Gustafson, M Rasmussen, ... Science 334 (6054), 351-353, 2011 | 228 | 2011 |
| The archaeology of Ushki Lake, Kamchatka, and the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas T Goebel, MR Waters, M Dikova science 301 (5632), 501-505, 2003 | 224 | 2003 |
| Late Holocene lacustrine chronology and archaeology of ancient Lake Cahuilla, California MR Waters Quaternary Research 19 (3), 373-387, 1983 | 178 | 1983 |
| Late Pleistocene exploration and settlement of the Americas by modern humans MR Waters Science 365 (6449), eaat5447, 2019 | 150 | 2019 |
| The geoarchaeology of place: the effect of geological processes on the preservation and interpretation of the archaeological record MR Waters, DD Kuehn American Antiquity 61 (3), 483-497, 1996 | 134 | 1996 |
| Late Quaternary lacustrine history and paleoclimatic significance of pluvial Lake Cochise, southeastern Arizona MR Waters Quaternary Research 32 (1), 1-11, 1989 | 133 | 1989 |
| Clovis lithic technology: Investigation of a stratified workshop at the Gault Site, Texas MR Waters, CD Pevny, DL Carlson, TA Jennings Texas A&M University Press, 2011 | 124 | 2011 |
| Late Pleistocene horse and camel hunting at the southern margin of the ice-free corridor: Reassessing the age of Wally’s Beach, Canada MR Waters, TW Stafford Jr, B Kooyman, LV Hills Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (14), 4263-4267, 2015 | 120 | 2015 |
| Diring Yuriakh: A lower paleolithic site in central Siberia MR Waters, SL Forman, JM Pierson Science 275 (5304), 1281-1284, 1997 | 108 | 1997 |
| Landscape change and the cultural evolution of the Hohokam along the middle Gila River and other river valleys in south-central Arizona MR Waters, JC Ravesloot American Antiquity 66 (2), 285-299, 2001 | 106 | 2001 |
| The first Americans: A review of the evidence for the Late-Pleistocene peopling of the Americas MR Waters, TW Stafford Jr Paleoamerican odyssey, 543-562, 2013 | 99 | 2013 |
