| The colony: a history of early Sydney G Karskens (No Title), 2009 | 420 | 2009 |
| Inside the Rocks: The archaeology of a neighbourhood G Karskens (No Title), 1999 | 237 | 1999 |
| The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney G Karskens Melbourne Univesrity Press, 1997 | 167* | 1997 |
| Small things, big pictures: new perspectives from the archaeology of Sydney’s Rocks neighbourhood G Karskens The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes: Explorations in Slumland, Cambridge …, 2001 | 59 | 2001 |
| People of the River G Karskens Allen & Unwin, 2020 | 51 | 2020 |
| Historical archaeology in Australia: historical or hysterical? Crisis or creative awakening? G Karskens, R MacKay Australasian Historical Archaeology 17 (1999), 110-115, 1999 | 51 | 1999 |
| Defiance, deference and diligence: Three views of convicts in New South Wales road gangs G Karskens The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, 17-28, 1986 | 51 | 1986 |
| Red coat, blue jacket, black skin: Aboriginal men and clothing in early New South Wales G Karskens Aboriginal History, 1-36, 2011 | 39 | 2011 |
| Revisiting the worldview: The archaeology of convict households in Sydney’s Rocks neighborhood G Karskens Historical Archaeology 37, 34-55, 2003 | 36 | 2003 |
| History and archaeology in Sydney: Towards integration and interpretation G Karskens, W Thorp Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 78 (3-4), 52-75, 1992 | 36 | 1992 |
| The early colonial presence, 1788–1822 G Karskens The Cambridge History of Australia 1, 91-120, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| 'This Spirit of Emigration': The Nature and Meanings of Escape in Early New South Wales G Karskens Journal of Australian Colonial History 7, 1-34, 2005 | 28 | 2005 |
| The dialogue of townscape: The rocks and Sydney, 1788–1820 G Karskens Taylor & Francis Group 27 (108), 88-112, 1997 | 20 | 1997 |
| The convict road station site at Wisemans Ferry: An historical and archaeological investigation G Karskens The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, 17-26, 1984 | 20 | 1984 |
| Death was in his face: dying, burial and remembrance in early Sydney G Karskens Labour History, 21-39, 1998 | 19 | 1998 |
| Holroyd: A Social History of Western Sydney G Karskens New South Wales University Press, 1991 | 19 | 1991 |
| Fire in the forests? Exploring the human-ecological history of Australia's first frontier G Karskens Environment and History 25 (3), 391-419, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| Can environmental history save the world? S Brown, S Dovers, J Frawley, A Gaynor, H Goodall, G Karskens, ... History Australia 5 (1), 03.1-03.24, 2008 | 18 | 2008 |
| Water dreams, earthen histories: exploring urban environmental history at the Penrith Lakes Scheme and Castlereagh, Sydney G Karskens Environment and History 13 (2), 115-154, 2007 | 18 | 2007 |
| Crossing over: archaeology and history at the Cumberland/Gloucester Street site, The Rocks, 1994–1996 G Karskens Public History Review 5 (6), 30-48, 1997 | 18 | 1997 |
