| The Desert" Kites" of the Badiyat Esh-Sham and North Arabia S Helms, A Betts Paléorient, 41-67, 1987 | 135 | 1987 |
| The harra and the hamad: excavations and explorations in eastern Jordan AVG Betts A&C Black, 1999 | 128 | 1999 |
| The origins of wheat in China and potential pathways for its introduction: A review A Betts, PW Jia, J Dodson Quaternary International 348, 158-168, 2014 | 122 | 2014 |
| Summary of palaeoenvironmental and prehistoric investigations in the Azraq Basin. AN Garrard, A Betts, B Byrd, C Hunt BAR 396, 311-337, 1988 | 81 | 1988 |
| Qermez Dere and the early aceramic Neolithic of N. Iraq T Watkins, D Baird, A Betts Paléorient, 19-24, 1989 | 75 | 1989 |
| Early Islamic architecture of the desert: a Bedouin station in eastern Jordan SW Helms Edinburgh University Press, 1990 | 71 | 1990 |
| Prehistoric environment and settlement in the Azraq Basin: an interim report on the 1985 excavation season A Garrard, A Betts, B Byrd, C Hunt Levant 19 (1), 5-25, 1987 | 68 | 1987 |
| Prehistoric environment and settlement in the Azraq Basin: an interim report on the 1984 excavation season A Garrard, B Byrd, A Betts Levant 18 (1), 5-24, 1986 | 67 | 1986 |
| Early cotton in north Arabia A Betts, K van der Borg, A de Jong, C McClintock, M van Strydonck Journal of archaeological science 21 (4), 489-499, 1994 | 61 | 1994 |
| Adunqiaolu: new evidence for the Andronovo in Xinjiang, China PW Jia, A Betts, D Cong, X Jia, PD Dupuy antiquity 91 (357), 621-639, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| A re-analysis of the Qiemu'erqieke (Shamirshak) cemeteries, Xinjiang, China PWM Jia, AVG Betts Journal of Indo-European Studies 38 (3/4), 275, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| New evidence for Bronze Age agricultural settlements in the Zhunge’er (Junggar) Basin, China PW Jia, A Betts, X Wu Journal of Field Archaeology 36 (4), 269-280, 2011 | 47 | 2011 |
| Prehistoric sites at Qa'a Mejalla, eastern Jordan A Betts Levant 14 (1), 1-34, 1982 | 47 | 1982 |
| The Solubba: nonpastoral nomads in Arabia A Betts Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 274 (1), 61-69, 1989 | 46 | 1989 |
| Later Prehistory of the Badia: Excavation and Surveys in Eastern Jordan, Volume 2 AVG Betts, D Cropper, L Martin, C McCartney Oxbow Books, Limited, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Excavations at Jawa 1972-1986: stratigraphy, pottery and other finds AVG Betts, SW Helms Excavations and explorations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1, 1991 | 43 | 1991 |
| The Burqu'/Ruweishid Project: preliminary report on the 1988 field season A Betts, S Helms, W Lancaster, E Jones, A Lupton, L Martin, F Matsaert Levant 22 (1), 1-20, 1990 | 41 | 1990 |
| A new look at desert kites AVG Betts, VN Yagodin The archaeology of Jordan and beyond, 29-43, 2000 | 40 | 2000 |
| Black desert survey, Jordan: second preliminary report A Betts Levant 16 (1), 25-34, 1984 | 40 | 1984 |
| Rock Art in Eastern Jordan:'Kite'Carvings? A Betts, SW Helms Paléorient 12 (1), 67-72, 1986 | 39 | 1986 |
