| Prehistoric agriculture in the Central Plains MJ Adair University of Kansas publications in anthropology, 1988 | 44 | 1988 |
| Great plains paleoethnobotany MJ Adair People and plants in ancient eastern North America. Smithsonian Books …, 2003 | 37 | 2003 |
| Interpreting AMS radiocarbon age determinations from selected Central Plains tradition sites DC Roper, MJ Adair Plains Anthropologist 56 (217), 3-22, 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
| Woodland complexes in the central Great Plains MJ Adair Archeology and Paleoecology of the Central Great Plains, edited by JL Hofman …, 1996 | 18 | 1996 |
| Quarry Creek-Excavation, Analysis and Prospect of a Kansas City Hopewell Site, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas B Logan, MJ Adair, WE Banks, EL Cook, C Raymond KANSAS UNIV LAWRENCE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 1993 | 11 | 1993 |
| Archeology and paleoecology of the Central Great Plains JL Hofman, MJ Adair Arkansas Archeological Survey, 1996 | 10 | 1996 |
| Additional AMS radiocarbon age determinations for the Central Plains tradition DC Roper, MJ Adair Plains Anthropologist 57 (221), 31-38, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Refining Plains Woodland Chronology MJ ADAIR Plains Anthropologist 57 (223), 183-228, 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| 15. Paleoethnobotanical Research in Kansas MJ Adair Kansas archaeology, 248, 2006 | 8 | 2006 |
| The Two Deer Site (14BU55): A Plains Woodland–Plains Village Transition MJ Adair, ME Brown Prehistory and History of the El Dorado Lake Area (Phase II). Project Report …, 1978 | 7 | 1978 |
| Subsistence exploitation at the Young site: a predictive model for Kansas City Hopewell MJ Adair University of Kansas, Anthropology., 1977 | 7 | 1977 |
| Kitkahahki Archaeology: Investigations at the Pawnee Indian Village, 14RP1 MJ Adair, DC Roper, JL Hofman Current Archaeology in Kansas, 40, 0 | 7* | |
| Final Summary Report: 1986 Archeological Investigations at 14MN328, A Great Bend Aspect Site along US Highway 56, Marion County, Kansas WB Lees, JD Reynolds, TJ Martin, MJ Adair, S Bozarth Manuscript on file, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, 1989 | 6 | 1989 |
| Prehistoric and historic cultural resources of selected sites at Harlan County Lake, Harlan County, Nebraska: Test excavations and determination of significance for 28 sites MJ Adair, KL Brown KAW VALLEY ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT INC JUNCTION CITY KS, 1987 | 6 | 1987 |
| The Avoca Site (14JN332): Excavation of a Grasshopper Falls Phase Structure, Jackson County, Kansas TG Baugh, MJ Adair Kansas State Historical Society, 1991 | 5 | 1991 |
| A Late Prehistoric Period Pronghorn Hunting Camp in the Southern Black Hills, South Dakota: Site 39FA23 KA Lippincott, MJ Adair South Dakota Archaeological Society, 1996 | 4 | 1996 |
| Prehistoric cultivation in the Central Plains: its development and importance MJ Adair University Microfilms, 1991 | 3* | 1991 |
| Archaeological Investigations in the Perry Lake Project Area, Northeastern Kansas: National Register Evaluation of 17 Sites MJ Adair Kaw Valley Engineering & Development, 1989 | 2 | 1989 |
| Archeological Investigations at Cold Brook and Cottonwood Springs Reservoirs, Fall River County, South Dakota T Weston, M Adair, G Fredlund, R Mandel, J Parisi KANSAS UNIV LAWRENCE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 1982 | 2 | 1982 |
| Variability in Maize Morphology: Examples from Five Central Plains Maize Collections MJ Adair Current Archaeology in Kansas, 1, 0 | 2* | |
