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h-index: 36
Works: 81
Citations: 5,434

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Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa
F. Berna, P. Goldberg, L. Horwitz, J. Brink +3 more
2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America520 citations Open access
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Solubilities of bone mineral from archaeological sites: the recrystallization window
F. Berna, A. Matthews, S. Weiner
2004327 citations
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Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
P. Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, S. Schiegl, B. Ligouis +3 more
2009312 citations Open access
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Earliest human occupations at Dmanisi (Georgian Caucasus) dated to 1.85–1.78 Ma
R. Ferring, O. Oms, J. Agustí, F. Berna +6 more
2011Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America297 citations Open access
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Sediments exposed to high temperatures: reconstructing pyrotechnological processes in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)
F. Berna, A. Behar, R. Shahack-Gross, J. Berg +8 more
2007290 citations
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Bat guano and preservation of archaeological remains in cave sites
R. Shahack-Gross, F. Berna, P. Karkanas, S. Weiner
2004261 citations
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Middle Stone Age Bedding Construction and Settlement Patterns at Sibudu, South Africa
L. Wadley, C. Sievers, M. Bamford, P. Goldberg +2 more
2011Science246 citations
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Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans
I. Hershkovitz, O. Marder, A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews +20 more
2015Nature213 citations
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Early Levallois technology and the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Southern Caucasus
D. Adler, K. Wilkinson, S. Blockley, D. F. Mark +14 more
2014Science206 citations
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Evidence for the repeated use of a central hearth at Middle Pleistocene (300 ky ago) Qesem Cave, Israel
R. Shahack-Gross, F. Berna, P. Karkanas, C. Lemorini +2 more
2014187 citations
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Micromorphology and context
P. Goldberg, F. Berna
2010170 citations
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Dumping, Sweeping and Trampling: Experimental Micromorphological Analysis of Anthropogenically Modified Combustion Features
Christopher E. Miller, N. Conard, P. Goldberg, F. Berna
2010Palethnologie138 citations Open access
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Stone tools and foraging in northern Madagascar challenge Holocene extinction models
R. Dewar, C. Radimilahy, Henry T. Wright, Z. Jacobs +2 more
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America137 citations Open access
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New evidence on Neandertal use of fire: Examples from Roc de Marsal and Pech de l’Azé IV
P. Goldberg, H. Dibble, F. Berna, Dennis M. Sandgathe +2 more
2012134 citations
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Geoarchaeological investigations at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa
Christopher E. Miller, P. Goldberg, F. Berna
2013123 citations
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Evidence for Neandertal use of fire at Roc de Marsal (France)
Vera Aldeias, P. Goldberg, D. Sandgathe, F. Berna +4 more
2012104 citations
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On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen.
M. Stahlschmidt, Christopher E. Miller, B. Ligouis, U. Hambach +6 more
2015Journal of Human Evolution102 citations Open access
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A Preliminary Report on Pech de l’Azé IV, Layer 8 (Middle Paleolithic, France)
H. Dibble, F. Berna, P. Goldberg, S. McPherron +6 more
200997 citations Open access
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Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals
B. Alex, O. Barzilai, I. Hershkovitz, O. Marder +18 more
2017Science Advances85 citations Open access
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Assessing Paleolithic pyrotechnology and associated hominin behavior in Israel
F. Berna, P. Goldberg
200785 citations
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The soil skeleton, a forgotten pool of carbon and nitrogen in soil
G. Corti, F. Ugolini, A. Agnelli, G. Certini +3 more
200279 citations Open access
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Insights on Neanderthal fire use at Kebara Cave (Israel) through high resolution study of prehistoric combustion features: Evidence from phytoliths and thin sections
R. Albert, F. Berna, P. Goldberg
201276 citations
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The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa): archaeological, geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic evidence.
M. Chazan, D. Avery, M. Bamford, F. Berna +10 more
2012Journal of Human Evolution75 citations
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Researching the Nature of Fire at 1.5 Mya on the Site of FxJj20 AB, Koobi Fora, Kenya, Using High-Resolution Spatial Analysis and FTIR Spectrometry
Sarah Hlubik, F. Berna, C. Feibel, D. Braun +1 more
2017Current Anthropology74 citations
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The earliest evidence for clay hearths: Aurignacian features in Klisoura Cave 1, southern Greece
Panagiotis Karkanas, Margarita Koumouzelis, J. Kozłowski, Valery Sitlivy +3 more
2004Antiquity74 citations
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Hominin fire use in the Okote member at Koobi Fora, Kenya: New evidence for the old debate.
Sarah Hlubik, Russell Cutts, D. Braun, F. Berna +2 more
2019Journal of Human Evolution70 citations Open access
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Comment on “DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America”
P. Goldberg, F. Berna, R. Macphail
2009Science66 citations
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Neanderthal activity and resting areas from stratigraphic unit 13 at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa - Taranto, Southern Italy)
Vincenzo Spagnolo, Giulia Marciani, Daniele Aureli, F. Berna +5 more
2019Quaternary Science Reviews64 citations Open access
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Steroidal biomarker analysis of a 14,000 years old putative human coprolite from Paisley Cave, Oregon
A. Sistiaga, F. Berna, R. Laursen, P. Goldberg
201455 citations
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The depositional environments of Schöningen 13 II-4 and their archaeological implications.
M. Stahlschmidt, Christopher E. Miller, B. Ligouis, P. Goldberg +3 more
2015Journal of Human Evolution50 citations
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Between hearths and volcanic ash: The SU 13 palimpsest of the Oscurusciuto rock shelter (Ginosa – Southern Italy): Analytical and interpretative questions
Vincenzo Spagnolo, Giulia Marciani, Daniele Aureli, F. Berna +3 more
201649 citations Open access
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Deposition and Diagenesis in the Earlier Stone Age of Wonderwerk Cave, Excavation 1, South Africa
P. Goldberg, F. Berna, M. Chazan
201547 citations
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Plaster Characterization at the PPNB Site of Yiftahel (Israel) Including the Use of 14C: Implications for Plaster Production, Preservation, and Dating
K. Poduska, Lior Regev, F. Berna, Eugenia Mintz +4 more
2012Radiocarbon: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research45 citations Open access
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Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)
M. Walker, Daniela Anesin, D. Angelucci, A. Avilés-Fernández +14 more
2016Antiquity42 citations Open access
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Archeology, Environment, and Chronology of the Early Middle Stone Age Component of Wonderwerk Cave
M. Chazan, F. Berna, J. Brink, M. Ecker +4 more
202039 citations
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Fire and the Genus Homo
D. Sandgathe, F. Berna
2017Current Anthropology38 citations
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A technotypological analysis of the Ahmarian and Levantine Aurignacian assemblages from Manot Cave (area C) and the interrelation with site formation processes.
Talia Abulafia, Mae Goder-Goldberger, F. Berna, O. Barzilai +1 more
2019Journal of Human Evolution31 citations
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A view from a cave: Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Southeastern Spain). Reflections on fire, technological diversity, environmental exploitation, and palaeoanthropological approaches
M. J. Walker, Daniela Anesin, D. Angelucci, A. Avilés-Fernández +22 more
201631 citations
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A microstratigraphic reevaluation of the Florisbad spring site, Free State Province, South Africa: Formation processes and paleoenvironment
M. Toffolo, J. Brink, C. V. van Huyssteen, F. Berna
201728 citations
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Structural Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of Lime Binders Allow Accurate Radiocarbon Age Determinations of Aerial Lime Plaster
M. Toffolo, Lior Regev, Eugenia Mintz, I. Kaplan-Ashiri +5 more
2020Radiocarbon: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research26 citations
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A Prehispanic Maya Pit Oven? Microanalysis of Fired Clay Balls from the Puuc Region, Yucatán, Mexico
Stephanie R. Simms, F. Berna, George J. Bey
201325 citations Open access
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Bone diagenesis in archaeological and contemporary human remains: an investigation of bone 3D microstructure and minero-chemical assessment
V. Caruso, N. Marinoni, V. Diella, F. Berna +6 more
2020Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences24 citations
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The Upper Palaeolithic of Manot Cave, Western Galilee, Israel: the 2011–12 excavations
O. Marder, B. Alex, A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews +16 more
2013Antiquity Project Gallery24 citations
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Preliminary observations on the Levantine Aurignacian sequence of Manot Cave: Cultural affiliations and regional perspectives.
O. Marder, M. Shemer, Talia Abulafia, D. B. Bar-Yosef Mayer +10 more
2019Journal of Human Evolution22 citations
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Renewed Excavations at Beisamoun: Investigating The 7 th Millennium cal. BC of The Southern Levant
F. Bocquentin, H. Khalaily, Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, F. Berna +12 more
2014Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society21 citations
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Diagenesis of juvenile skeletal remains: A multimodal and multiscale approach to examine the post-mortem decay of children's bones
V. Caruso, N. Marinoni, V. Diella, E. Possenti +5 more
2021Journal of Archaeological Science19 citations
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Plant Use at Grapčeva Cave and in the Eastern Adriatic Neolithic
K. Borojević, S. Forenbaher, Timothy Kaiser, F. Berna
200818 citations
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Site formation processes at Manot Cave, Israel: Interplay between strata accumulation in the occupation area and the talus.
F. Berna, E. Boaretto, Matthea C Wiebe, M. Goder-Goldberger +5 more
2020Journal of Human Evolution17 citations
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Geo-ethnoarchaeology study of the traditional Tswana dung floor from the Moffat Mission Church, Kuruman, North Cape Province, South Africa
F. Berna
2017Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences17 citations
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Occupation surfaces sealed by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius at the Early Bronze Age village of Afragola in southern Italy: A micromorphological analysis
Tiziana Matarazzo, F. Berna, P. Goldberg
201016 citations
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