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A middle paleolithic and neolithic/chalcolithic flint extraction and reduction complex at Mt. Achbara, Eastern Galilee, Israel

scholarly article published December 2018

A scraper's life history: Morpho-techno-functional and use-wear analysis of Quina and demi-Quina scrapers from Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Cristina Lemorini et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

A taste of an elephant: The probable role of elephant meat in Paleolithic diet preferences

scholarly article

Activities at final Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNC) fishing village revealed through microwear analysis of bifacial flint tools from the submerged Atlit-Yam site, Israel

scholarly article by Richard W. Yerkes et al published August 2014 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Amudian versus Yabrudian under the rock shelf: A study of two lithic assemblages from Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Yoni Parush et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

An Amudian Oddity: A Giant Biface from Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave

Another Side of the Amudian Industry at Qesem Cave, Israel: The Southern Area Lithic Assemblage

scholarly article by Ella Assaf et al published 2 October 2017 in Lithic Technology

Birds as indicators of high biodiversity zones around the Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Antonio Sánchez Marco et al published November 2016 in Quaternary International

Cooperative hunting and meat sharing 400-200 kya at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

Correction: Using Bones to Shape Stones: MIS 9 Bone Retouchers at Both Edges of the Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

Corrigendum: Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

Dental calculus reveals potential respiratory irritants and ingestion of essential plant-based nutrients at Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave Israel

article

Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

Elephants are people, people are elephants: Human–proboscideans similarities as a case for cross cultural animal humanization in recent and Paleolithic times

scholarly article

Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

Extensive Paleolithic Flint Extraction and Reduction Complexes in the Nahal Dishon Central Basin, Upper Galilee, Israel

scholarly article by Meir Finkel et al published September 2016 in Journal of World Prehistory

Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel

scientific article published in 2015

Fire for a Reason: Barbecue at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ran Barkai et al published August 2017 in Current Anthropology

Flint procurement strategies in the Late Lower Palaeolithic recorded by in situ produced cosmogenic 10Be in Tabun and Qesem Caves (Israel)

scholarly article by Giovanni Verri et al published February 2005 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Form and function of early neolithic bifacial stone tools reflects changes in land use practices during the neolithization process in the levant

scientific article

Gravitational deformations and fillings of aging caves: The example of Qesem karst system, Israel

scholarly article by Amos Frumkin et al published May 2009 in Geomorphology

Hearth-side socioeconomics, hunting and paleoecology during the late Lower Paleolithic at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

How did the Qesem Cave people use their teeth? Analysis of dental wear patterns

scholarly article

Human-elephant interactions: from past to present

Intra-site variability in lithic recycling at Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ella Assaf et al published March 2015 in Quaternary International

Knowledge transmission and apprentice flint-knappers in the Acheulo-Yabrudian: A case study from Qesem Cave, Israel

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Looking for sharp edges: Modes of flint recycling at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article

Mammalian mitochondrial capture, a tool for rapid screening of DNA preservation in faunal and undiagnostic remains, and its application to Middle Pleistocene specimens from Qesem Cave (Israel)

scholarly article by Viviane Slon et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

Man the fat hunter: the demise of Homo erectus and the emergence of a new hominin lineage in the Middle Pleistocene (ca. 400 kyr) Levant

scientific article published in 2011

Microfaunal remains at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel: Preliminary results on small vertebrates, environment and biostratigraphy.

scientific article

Microwear analysis of early Neolithic (PPNA) axes and bifacial tools from Netiv Hagdud in the Jordan Valley, Israel

scholarly article by Richard W. Yerkes et al published August 2003 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave (Israel).

scientific article

Neandertals' large lower thorax may represent adaptation to high protein diet

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

New Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave (Israel)

scientific article published in April 2016

New datings of Amudian layers at Qesem Cave (Israel): results of TL applied to burnt flints and ESR/U-series to teeth

scholarly article by Norbert Mercier et al published July 2013 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Not the brain alone: The nutritional potential of elephant heads in Paleolithic sites

scholarly article

On Quina and demi-Quina scraper handling: Preliminary results from the late Lower Paleolithic site of Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Andrea Zupancich et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

On anachronism: The curious presence of Spheroids and Polyhedrons at Acheulo–Yabrudian Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ran Barkai & Avi Gopher published April 2016 in Quaternary International

On the Function of Late Acheulean Stone Tools: New Data From Three Specific Archaeological Contexts at the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Revadim, Israel

scholarly article by Andrea Zupancich published in September 2018

Organized waste disposal in the Pottery Neolithic: A bifacial workshop refuse pit at Ein Zippori, Israel

scholarly article by Aviad Agam et al published 13 October 2016 in Journal of Field Archaeology

Palaeoecological and biostratigraphical implications of the microvertebrates of Qesem Cave in Israel

scholarly article by Lutz Christian Maul et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

Palaeolithic landscape of extraction: flint surface quarries and workshops at Mt Pua, Israel

scholarly article by Ran Barkai et al published September 2002 in Antiquity

Prey Size Decline as a Unifying Ecological Selecting Agent in Pleistocene Human Evolution

scientific article published on 20 February 2021

Raw material choices in Amudian versus Yabrudian lithic assemblages at Qesem Cave: A preliminary evaluation

scholarly article

Recycling bones in the Middle Pleistocene: Some reflections from Gran Dolina TD10-1 (Spain), Bolomor Cave (Spain) and Qesem Cave (Israel)

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Recycling for a purpose in the late Lower Paleolithic Levant: Use-wear and residue analyses of small sharp flint items indicate a planned and integrated subsistence behavior at Qesem Cave (Israel)

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Regional variability in late Lower Paleolithic Amudian blade technology: Analyzing new data from Qesem, Tabun and Yabrud I

scholarly article

Sitting on the tailing piles: creating extraction landscapes in Middle Pleistocene quarry complexes in the Levant

scholarly article by Avi Gopher published in June 2011

Small Flake Acheulian: Further Insights into Lithic Recycling at Late Acheulian Revadim, Israel

scholarly article by Aviad Agam & Ran Barkai published 3 July 2018 in Tel Aviv

Small flake production and lithic recycling at Late Acheulian Revadim, Israel

scholarly article by Aviad Agam et al published March 2015 in Quaternary International

Spatial aspects as seen from a density analysis of lithics at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave: Preliminary results and observations

scholarly article

State of the art of the multidisciplinary research at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel, 2015 – An introduction

scholarly article

Subsistence economy and social life: A zooarchaeological view from the 300 kya central hearth at Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ruth Blasco published in September 2014

Systematic blade production at late Lower Paleolithic (400-200 kyr) Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

The Acheulean Handaxe Technological Persistence: A Case of Preferred Cultural Conservatism?

scholarly article by Meir Finkel published in March 2018

The Qesem Cave hominin material (part 1): A morphometric analysis of the mandibular premolars and molar

scholarly article

The Qesem Cave hominin material (part 2): A morphometric analysis of dm2-QC2 deciduous lower second molar

scholarly article

The function of recycled lithic items at late Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel: An overview of the use-wear data

scholarly article by Cristina Lemorini et al published March 2015 in Quaternary International

The microvertebrates of Qesem Cave: A comparison of the two concentrations

scholarly article

The use of elephant bones for making Acheulian handaxes: A fresh look at old bones

scholarly article

Tortoises as a dietary supplement: A view from the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ruth Blasco et al published February 2016 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Tree-Felling, Woodworking, and Changing Perceptions of the Landscape during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods in the Southern Levant

Uranium series dates from Qesem Cave, Israel, and the end of the Lower Palaeolithic.

scientific article

Use-wear analysis of an Amudian laminar assemblage from the Acheuleo-Yabrudian of Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Cristina Lemorini et al published July 2006 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Using bones to shape stones: MIS 9 bone retouchers at both edges of the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

What happens around a fire: Faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel

scholarly article by Ruth Blasco et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

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