| Breakage patterns of human long bones P Villa, E Mahieu Journal of human evolution 21 (1), 27-48, 1991 | 1376 | 1991 |
| On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe W Roebroeks, P Villa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (13), 5209-5214, 2011 | 864 | 2011 |
| Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa F d’Errico, L Backwell, P Villa, I Degano, JJ Lucejko, MK Bamford, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (33), 13214-13219, 2012 | 523 | 2012 |
| Conjoinable pieces and site formation processes P Villa American Antiquity 47 (2), 276-290, 1982 | 491 | 1982 |
| Shepherds and sediments: geo-ethnoarchaeology of pastoral sites JE Brochier, P Villa, M Giacomarra, A Tagliacozzo Journal of anthropological archaeology 11 (1), 47-102, 1992 | 353 | 1992 |
| Blade technology and tool forms in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: the Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort at rose Cottage Cave S Soriano, P Villa, L Wadley Journal of Archaeological Science 34 (5), 681-703, 2007 | 349 | 2007 |
| Neandertal demise: an archaeological analysis of the modern human superiority complex P Villa, W Roebroeks PLoS one 9 (4), e96424, 2014 | 339 | 2014 |
| Early use of pressure flaking on lithic artifacts at Blombos Cave, South Africa V Mourre, P Villa, CS Henshilwood science 330 (6004), 659-662, 2010 | 328 | 2010 |
| Terra Amata and the Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of southern France P Villa University of California Publications in Anthropology Berkeley, Cal 13, 1983 | 322 | 1983 |
| Holes and grooves: the contribution of microscopy and taphonomy to the problem of art origins F d'Errico, P Villa Journal of Human Evolution 33 (1), 1-31, 1997 | 312 | 1997 |
| Border cave and the beginning of the later stone age in South Africa P Villa, S Soriano, T Tsanova, I Degano, TFG Higham, F d’Errico, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (33), 13208-13213, 2012 | 274 | 2012 |
| The interpretation of stratified sites: a view from underground P Villa, J Courtin Journal of Archaeological Science 10 (3), 267-281, 1983 | 273 | 1983 |
| Cannibalism in the Neolithic P Villa, C Bouville, J Courtin, D Helmer, E Mahieu, P Shipman, ... Science 233 (4762), 431-437, 1986 | 253 | 1986 |
| The still bay points of Blombos cave (South Africa) P Villa, M Soressi, CS Henshilwood, V Mourre Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (2), 441-460, 2009 | 245 | 2009 |
| Bone and ivory points in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe P Villa, F D'errico Journal of Human Evolution 41 (2), 69-112, 2001 | 238 | 2001 |
| A late middle stone age artifact assemblage from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal): comparisons with the European middle Paleolithic P Villa, A Delagnes, L Wadley Journal of Archaeological Science 32 (3), 399-422, 2005 | 214 | 2005 |
| The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site, cave 1A P Villa, S Soriano, N Teyssandier, S Wurz Journal of Archaeological Science 37 (3), 630-655, 2010 | 207 | 2010 |
| The acheulian of western Europe M Santonja, P Villa Axe age, 429-478, 2024 | 194 | 2024 |
| Hunting weapons of the middle stone age and the middle palaeolithic: Spear points from sibudu, rose cottage and bouheben P Villa, M Lenoir Southern African Humanities 18 (1), 89-122, 2006 | 193 | 2006 |
| Torralba and Aridos: elephant exploitation in middle Pleistocene Spain P Villa Journal of human evolution 19 (3), 299-309, 1990 | 182 | 1990 |
