| Social boundaries and technical choices in Tonto Basin prehistory MT Stark, MD Elson, JJ Clark The archaeology of social boundaries, 208-231, 1998 | 97 | 1998 |
| The deer hunters: Star Carr reconsidered JM Andresen, BF Byrd, MD Elson, RH McGuire, RG Mendoza, E Staski, ... World Archaeology 13 (1), 31-46, 1981 | 89 | 1981 |
| Lava, corn, and ritual in the northern Southwest MD Elson, MH Ort, SJ Hesse, WA Duffield American Antiquity 67 (1), 119-135, 2002 | 61 | 2002 |
| Causes and consequences of migration in the 13th century Tonto Basin MT Stark, JJ Clark, MD Elson Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 14 (2), 212-246, 1995 | 56 | 1995 |
| Effects of scoria-cone eruptions upon nearby human communities MH Ort, MD Elson, KC Anderson, WA Duffield, JA Hooten, DE Champion, ... Geological Society of America Bulletin 120 (3-4), 476-486, 2008 | 54 | 2008 |
| Multiple dendrochronological signals indicate the eruption of Paricutin volcano, Michoacan, Mexico PR Sheppard, MH Ort, KC Anderson, MD Elson, L Vazquez-Selem, ... Tree-Ring Research 64 (2), 97-108, 2008 | 49 | 2008 |
| Variable effects of cinder-cone eruptions on prehistoric agrarian human populations in the American southwest MH Ort, MD Elson, KC Anderson, WA Duffield, TL Samples Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 176 (3), 363-376, 2008 | 49 | 2008 |
| Expanding the view of Hohokam platform mounds: An ethnographic perspective MD Elson University of Arizona Press, 1998 | 44 | 1998 |
| Hohokam settlement and economic systems in the Central New River Drainage, Arizona DE Doyel, MD Elson Soil Systems, Incorporated, 1985 | 37 | 1985 |
| Living with the volcano: the 11th century AD eruption of Sunset Crater MD Elson, MH Ort, KC Anderson, JM Heidke Living Under the Shadow, 107-132, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Origin of cinders in Wupatki National Monument JA Hooten, MH Ort, MD Elson Desert Archaeology, Incorporated, 2001 | 21 | 2001 |
| Dendrochronological responses to the 24 October 1992 tornado at Sunset Crater, northern Arizona PR Sheppard, EM May, MH Ort, KC Anderson, MD Elson Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35 (12), 2911-2919, 2005 | 19 | 2005 |
| The Roosevelt Community Development Study MD Elson, MT Stark, DA Gregory Center for Desert Archaeology, 1995 | 18 | 1995 |
| Ground stone tool production in the new river basin TL Hoffman, DE Doyel, MD Elson Hohokam settlement and economic systems in the Central New River Drainage …, 1985 | 18 | 1985 |
| Prospects and pitfalls in integrating volcanology and archaeology: A review F Riede, GL Barnes, MD Elson, GA Oetelaar, KG Holmberg, P Sheets Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal research 401, 106977, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| A revised chronology and phase sequence for the Lower Tonto Basin of Central Arizona MD Elson Kiva 62 (2), 117-147, 1996 | 16 | 1996 |
| Social boundaries and cultural identity in the Tonto Basin MT Stark, JJ Clark, MD Elson The Roosevelt Community Development Study: New Perspectives on Tonto Basin …, 1995 | 16 | 1995 |
| The Eagle Ridge Site, AZ V: 5: 104/1045 (ASM/TNF) MD Elson, M Lindeman The Roosevelt Community Development Study 1, 23-116, 1994 | 16 | 1994 |
| Archaeological Assessment of the Mission Road Extension: Testing at AZ BB: 13: 6 (ASM) MD Elson, WH Doelle, LG Eppley Institute for American Research, 1987 | 16 | 1987 |
| Alameda Brown Ware and San Francisco Mountain Gray Ware Technology and Economics JM Heidke, SC Leary, SA Herr, MD Elson Sunset Crater Archaeology: The History of a Volcanic Landscape. Ceramic …, 2007 | 15 | 2007 |
