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Nicholas C. Kawa

Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2008
Amazonian Archaeology and EthnohistoryConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAnthropological Studies and InsightsUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityPlant and animal studies

Publications

51

Citations

615

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Nicholas C. Kawa is an anthropologist whose work spans Amazonian ethnobotany, human-plant relationships, soil and agricultural sustainability, and questions about how anthropological and archaeological knowledge gets published and shared. His research combines fieldwork-based studies (for example, on Amazonian home gardens, Ticuna plant use in Peru, and U.S. farmer perceptions of soil health) with broader reflections on the Anthropocene, waste and soil reuse, and open-access publishing practices in academia.

Amazonian ethnobotany and plant-human relationshipsSoil, waste, and agricultural sustainabilityAnthropology of the AnthropoceneScholarly publishing and open access in anthropology/archaeologyFarmer perceptions and agroecology in the U.S. Midwest

Publication output has been fairly steady over the past decade, with a peak around 2021, a modest dip in the following years, and a recent uptick in 2026, averaging just over two publications per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 3 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 7 publications7212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • University of Texas Press eBooks×6
  • Culture Agriculture Food and Environment×3
  • American Anthropologist×2
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×2
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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