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Site Formation Processes and Hunter-Gatherers Use of Space in a Tropical Environment: A Geo-Ethnoarchaeological Approach from South India by Friesem, David E, Lavi, Noa, Madella, Marco, Ajithprasad, P, French, Charles

“…Hunter-gatherer societies have distinct social perceptions and practices which are expressed in unique use of space and material deposition patterns. However,…”
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Deep stratigraphy of submerged Neolithic sites: a micro-geoarchaeological approach to the study of coastal settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean by Friesem, David E., Ogloblin-Ramirez, Isaac, Zuckerman-Cooper, Roni, Grono, Elle, Galili, Ehud

“…The authors discuss new sediment coring at the Early Neolithic submerged site of Atlit-Yam, Israel, that reveals stratified archaeological deposits 0.7–0.9m…”
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Extended longevity of DNA preservation in Levantine Paleolithic sediments, Sefunim Cave, Israel by Slon, Viviane, Clark, Jamie L., Friesem, David E., Orbach, Meir, Porat, Naomi, Meyer, Matthias, Kandel, Andrew W., Shimelmitz, Ron

“…Paleogenomic research can elucidate the evolutionary history of human and faunal populations. Although the Levant is a key land-bridge between Africa and…”
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Rethinking Occupation Intensity during the Levantine Middle Epipalaeolithic: The use of Space and Site Formation Processes at the Geometric Kebaran site of Neve David, Israel by Friesem, David E., Yeshurun, Reuven, Dunseth, Zachary C., Gur-Arieh, Shira, Nadel, Dani

“…The open-air Epipalaeolithic (Geometric Kebaran) site of Neve David (Mount Carmel, Israel) has played an important role in reconstructing scenarios of…”
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Early settlement construction in Southeast Asia: lime mortar floor sequences at Loc Giang, southern Vietnam by Grono, Elle, Piper, Philip J., Kinh, Dang Ngoc, Bellwood, Peter, Denham, Tim, Friesem, David E.

“…Research on prehistoric mainland Southeast Asia is dominated by mortuary contexts, leaving processes such as the transition to sedentism relatively…”
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Middle Pleistocene Homo behavior and culture at 140,000 to 120,000 years ago and interactions with Homo sapiens by Zaidner, Yossi, Centi, Laura, Prévost, Marion, Mercier, Norbert, Falguères, Christophe, Guérin, Gilles, Valladas, Hélène, Richard, Maïlys, Galy, Asmodée, Pécheyran, Christophe, Tombret, Olivier, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Porat, Naomi, Shahack-Gross, Ruth, Friesem, David E., Yeshurun, Reuven, Turgeman-Yaffe, Zohar, Frumkin, Amos, Herzlinger, Gadi, Ekshtain, Ravid, Shemer, Maayan, Varoner, Oz, Sarig, Rachel, May, Hila, Hershkovitz, Israel

“…Our understanding of the origin, distribution, and evolution of early humans and their close relatives has been greatly refined by recent new information…”
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Landscapes, depositional environments and human occupation at Middle Paleolithic open-air sites in the southern Levant, with new insights from Nesher Ramla, Israel by Zaidner, Yossi, Frumkin, Amos, Friesem, David, Tsatskin, Alexander, Shahack-Gross, Ruth

“…Middle Paleolithic human occupation in the Levant (250–50 ka ago) has been recorded in roofed (cave and rockshelter) and open-air sites. Research at these…”
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Degradation of mud brick houses in an arid environment: a geoarchaeological model by Friesem, David, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Eliyahu-Behar, Adi, Shahack-Gross, Ruth

“…A common assumption in Near Eastern tell archaeology is that the majority of sediments originate from degraded mud bricks. Little is known about the mechanism…”
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Potentials and limitations for the identification of outdoor dung plasters in humid tropical environment: a geo-ethnoarchaeological case study from South India by Gur-Arieh, Shira, Madella, Marco, Lavi, Noa, Friesem, David E.

“…Dung has been an important material used by humans since at least the early Neolithic Period. It accumulated within domesticated animal enclosures and it was…”
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Lime plaster cover of the dead 12,000 years ago – new evidence for the origins of lime plaster technology by Friesem, David E., Abadi, Itay, Shaham, Dana, Grosman, Leore

“…The production of lime plaster is especially important as a technological development in human prehistory as it requires advanced knowledge and skills to…”
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Microarchaeological approach to underwater stratigraphy of submerged settlements: A case study of Atlit‐Yam Pre‐Pottery Neolithic site, off the Carmel Coast, Israel by Ogloblin Ramirez, Isaac, Grono, Elle, Zuckerman‐Cooper, Roni, Langgut, Dafna, Galili, Ehud, Friesem, David E.

“…The investigation of submerged archaeological sites faces numerous logistical challenges in the recovery of stratigraphic sequences and, as a result, is often…”
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Site formation processes of outdoor spaces in tropical environments: A micro-geoarchaeological case study from backyard Lo Gach, southern Vietnam by Grono, Elle, Friesem, David E., Wood, Rachel, Denham, Tim, Kien, Nguyen Khanh Trung, Kinh, Dang Ngoc, Piper, Philip J.

“…In the tropics, outdoor areas are important arenas of social life and the scene of economic and daily activities. Yet, outdoor areas are not often detected due…”
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Was inter-population connectivity of Neanderthals and modern humans the driver of the Upper Paleolithic transition rather than its product? by Greenbaum, Gili, Friesem, David E., Hovers, Erella, Feldman, Marcus W., Kolodny, Oren

“…The transition from the Middle Paleolithic (MP) to the Upper Paleolithic (UP), circa 40kya, is viewed as a major turning point in human evolution, in terms of…”
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Where innovations flourish: an ethnographic and archaeological overview of hunter–gatherer learning contexts by Lew-Levy, Sheina, Milks, Annemieke, Lavi, Noa, Pope, Sarah M., Friesem, David E.

“…Research in developmental psychology suggests that children are poor tool innovators. However, such research often overlooks the ways in which children's…”
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A micro-geoarchaeological view on stratigraphy and site formation processes in the Middle, Upper and Epi-Paleolithic layers of Sefunim Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel by Friesem, David E., Shimelmitz, Ron, Schumacher, Mara L., Miller, Christopher E., Kandel, Andrew W.

“…This paper presents a micro-geoarchaeological study carried out on the sedimentary sequence exposed at the entrance of Sefunim Cave, Israel, a sequence that…”
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Where are the roofs? A geo-ethnoarchaeological study of mud brick structures and their collapse processes, focusing on the identification of roofs by Friesem, David E., Tsartsidou, Georgia, Karkanas, Panagiotis, Shahack-Gross, Ruth

“…Unlike floors that have been given a lot of attention in archaeological research, the study of roofs is long neglected. Here, we present a study of modern…”
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Tomorrow’s mundane is today’s extraordinary: A case study of a plastered installation during Neolithization by Grosman, Leore, Raz, Timna, Friesem, David E.

“…For reconstructing past human ways of life we study mundane remains, but in order to detect special worldviews and behaviors we endeavor to observe the…”
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New Data from Shovakh Cave and Its Implications for Reconstructing Middle Paleolithic Settlement Patterns in the Amud Drainage, Israel by Friesem, David E., Malinsky-Buller, Ariel, Ekshtain, Ravid, Gur-Arieh, Shira, Vaks, Anton, Mercier, Norbert, Richard, Maïlys, Guérin, Gilles, Valladas, Hélène, Auger, François, Hovers, Erella

“…This study presents the geoarchaeological and geochronological aspects of Shovakh Cave and the first comparative context to the nearby Amud Cave (~ 500 m…”
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Geo-ethnoarchaeology in action by Friesem, David E.

“…For over half of a century, ethnoarchaeology has served as an important analytical tool in the development of archaeological theory and the interpretation of…”
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Foragers, tropical forests and the formation of archaeological evidences: An ethnoarchaeological view from South India by Friesem, David E., Lavi, Noa

“…Foraging societies present unique ways of livings and sociality which are manifested by distinctive practices and use of space. From an archaeological point of…”
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