| Painting the Maya universe: royal ceramics of the Classic period D Reents-Budet, JW Ball, RL Bishop, VM Fields, B MacLeod Duke University Press, 1994 | 403 | 1994 |
| Ceramic compositional analysis in archaeological perspective RL Bishop, RL Rands, GR Holley Advances in archaeological method and theory, 275-330, 1982 | 336 | 1982 |
| Compositional data analysis in archaeology RL Bishop, H Neff Archaeological chemistry IV, 57-86, 1989 | 240 | 1989 |
| Compositional analysis and “sources” of pottery: an ethnoarcheological approach DE Arnold, H Neff, RL Bishop American anthropologist 93 (1), 70-90, 1991 | 225 | 1991 |
| Ceramics and ideology: Salado polychrome pottery PL Crown, RL Bishop University of New Mexico Press, 1994 | 220 | 1994 |
| Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala JA Sabloff Peabody Museum of Archaeology &, 1975 | 178 | 1975 |
| Resource procurement zones and patterns of ceramic exchange in the Palenque region, Mexico RL Rands, RL Bishop Models and methods in regional exchange, 19, 1980 | 150 | 1980 |
| Ceramic technology and social boundaries: cultural practices in Kalinga clay selection and use MT Stark, RL Bishop, E Miksa Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 7 (4), 295-331, 2000 | 123 | 2000 |
| A simulation approach to the problem of tempering in compositional studies of archaeological ceramics H Neff, RL Bishop, EV Sayre Journal of Archaeological Science 15 (2), 159-172, 1988 | 119 | 1988 |
| Sensitivity, precision, and accuracy: their roles in ceramic compositional data bases RL Bishop, V Canouts, PL Crown, SP De Atley American Antiquity 55 (3), 537-546, 1990 | 105 | 1990 |
| The provincial organization of Inka ceramic production TN D'Altroy, RL Bishop American Antiquity 55 (1), 120-138, 1990 | 103 | 1990 |
| More observations on the problem of tempering in compositional studies of archaeological ceramics H Neff, RL Bishop, EV Sayre Journal of Archaeological Science 16 (1), 57-69, 1989 | 96 | 1989 |
| Aspects of ceramic compositional modeling RL Bishop Models and methods in regional exchange 1, 47-65, 1980 | 79 | 1980 |
| Changing ceramic production and exchange in the Petexbatun region, Guatemala: Reconsidering the Classic Maya collapse AE Foias, RL Bishop Ancient Mesoamerica 8 (2), 275-291, 1997 | 78 | 1997 |
| The formation of ceramic analytical groups: Hopi pottery production and exchange, AC 1300–1600 RL Bishop, V Canouts, SP De Atley, A Qöyawayma, CW Aikins Journal of Field Archaeology 15 (3), 317-337, 1988 | 78 | 1988 |
| Methodological issues in the provenance investigation of Early Formative Mesoamerican ceramics H Neff, J Blomster, MD Glascock, RL Bishop, MJ Blackman, MD Coe, ... Latin American Antiquity 17 (1), 54-76, 2006 | 77 | 2006 |
| The lowland Maya “Protoclassic”: A reconsideration of its nature and significance JE Brady, JW Ball, RL Bishop, DC Pring, N Hammond, RA Housley Ancient Mesoamerica 9 (1), 17-38, 1998 | 66 | 1998 |
| Deciphering the inorganic chemical record of ancient human activity using ICP-MS: a reconnaissance study of late Classic soil floors at Cancuén, Guatemala DE Cook, B Kovacevich, T Beach, R Bishop Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (5), 628-640, 2006 | 65 | 2006 |
| Pre-Columbian pottery: research in the Maya region RL Bishop Archaeometry of pre-Columbian sites and artifacts: proceedings of a …, 1994 | 65 | 1994 |
| Out of the palace dumps: Ceramic production and use at Buenavista del Cayo D Reents-Budet, RL Bishop, JT Taschek, JW Ball Ancient Mesoamerica 11 (1), 99-121, 2000 | 63 | 2000 |