| The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age rock shelter and the evolution of coastal foraging G Avery, D Halkett, J Orton, T Steele, M Tusenius, R Klein Goodwin Series, 66-89, 2008 | 201 | 2008 |
| Later Stone Age ostrich eggshell bead manufacture in the Northern Cape, South Africa J Orton Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (7), 1765-1775, 2008 | 147 | 2008 |
| First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: implications for Middle Stone Age ecology D Halkett, T Hart, R Yates, TP Volman, JE Parkington, J Orton, RG Klein, ... Journal of Archaeological Science 30 (8), 955-971, 2003 | 114 | 2003 |
| Herders and foragers on Kasteelberg: interim report of excavations 1999-2002 K Sadr, A Smith, I Plug, J Orton, B Mütti The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 27-32, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| The Later Stone Age lithic sequence at Elands Bay, Western Cape, South Africa: raw materials, artefacts and sporadic change J Orton Southern African Humanities 18 (2), 1-28, 2006 | 96 | 2006 |
| Implications of a mass kill site of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in South Africa: hunting practices, gender relations, and sharing in the Later Stone Age G Dewar, D Halkett, T Hart, J Orton, J Sealy Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (9), 1266-1275, 2006 | 95 | 2006 |
| An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa J Orton, P Mitchell, R Klein, T Steele, K Horsburgh Antiquity 87 (335), 108-120, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Late Holocene archaeology in Namaqualand, South Africa: hunter-gatherers and herders in a semi-arid environment J Orton Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 48 (1), 149-150, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| Shell middens in Namaqualand: two Later Stone Age sites at Rooiwalbaai, Northern Cape Province, South Africa J Orton, T Hart, D Halkett The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 24-32, 2005 | 71 | 2005 |
| Pleistocene archaeology and chronology of putslaagte 8 (PL8) rockshelter, western cape, South Africa A Mackay, Z Jacobs, TE Steele Journal of African Archaeology 13 (1), 71-98, 2015 | 63 | 2015 |
| Geometric rock art in western South Africa and its implications for the spread of early herding J Orton South African Archaeological Bulletin 68 (197), 27, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Two Holocene rock shelter deposits from the Knersvlakte, southern Namaqualand, South Africa J Orton, RG Klein, A Mackay, S Schwortz, TE Steele Southern African Humanities 23 (1), 109-150, 2011 | 55 | 2011 |
| Patterns in stone: the lithic assemblage from Dunefield Midden, Western Cape, South Africa J Orton The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 31-37, 2002 | 49 | 2002 |
| The sampling of ephemeral shell scatters in Namaqualand, South Africa J Orton South African archaeological Bulletin 62 (185), 74, 2007 | 46 | 2007 |
| Varsche Rivier 003, a new Middle Stone Age site in southern Namaqualand, South Africa TE Steele, A Mackay, J Orton, S Schwortz The South African Archaeological Bulletin 67 (195), 108-119, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| Soutfontein (SFT)-001: preliminary report on an open-air site rich in bifacial points, southern Namaqualand, South Africa A Mackay, J Orton, S Schwortz, TE Steele The South African Archaeological Bulletin 65 (191), 84-95, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Stone tools, beads and a river: Two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa J Orton, D Halkett The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 13-25, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| A useful measure of the desirability of different raw materials for retouch within and between assemblages: the raw material retouch index (RMRI) J Orton Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (4), 1090-1094, 2008 | 37 | 2008 |
| Fishing in the rain: control of rain-making and aquatic resources at a previously undescribed rock art site in highland Lesotho S Challis, P Mitchell, J Orton Journal of African Archaeology 6 (2), 203-218, 2008 | 37 | 2008 |
| The introduction of pastoralism to southernmost Africa: thoughts on new contributions to an ongoing debate J Orton Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 50 (2), 250-258, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
