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- Prof. Gonen Sharon
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- Galilee Studies
- Galilee Studies - M.A.
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Prehistoric Archaeology
Prehistory of the upper Jordan River
Lithic Technology
Paleo-Environment
Paleo-Diet
Dolmens - megalithic Bronze Age Burials
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DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:
- Sharon, G., Acheulian Large Flake Industries: Technology, Chronology, Distribution and Significance. Supervisor: Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar, awarded Summa cum Laude, February 2007, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Published as a book, 2007, Archaeopress, Oxford.
BOOKS:
- Sharon, G. Acheulian Large Flake Industries: Technology, Chronology, and Significance. 2007. 236 pages, BAR (British Archaeological Reports) International Series 1701, Archaeopress, Oxford;
BOOKS EDITED:
- Goren-Inbar, N. and Sharon G. (editors). Axe Age: Acheulian Tool-making from Quarry to Discard. 2006. 514 pages, Equinox,
- Sharon, G., Zaidner, Y. and Hovers, E. (editors). Special Issue: Opportunities, problems and future directions in the study of open-air Middle Paleolithic sites. 2014. Quaternary International, 331: 1‒278.
- Sharon, G. and Ronen, A. (editors). Proceeding of the 20th(1) Congress: Suyanggae and Her Neighbors, Haifa, Israel. 2016. 156 pages, Archaeopress, Oxford.
CHAPTERS IN COLLECTIONS:
- Sharon, G., Feibel, C. S., Belitzky, S., Marder, O., Khalaily, H. and Rabinovich, R. 2002. 1999 Jordan River Drainage Project Damages Gesher Benot Ya'aqov: A Preliminary Study of the Archaeological and Geological Implications. In: Eretz Zafon - Studies in Galilean Archaeology, edited by Z. Gal, pp. 1-19. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.
- Sharon, G. and Beaumont, P. 2006. Victoria West: A Highly Standardized Prepared Core Technology. In: Axe Age: Acheulian Tool-making from Quarry to Discard, edited by N. Goren-Inbar and G. Sharon, pp. 181-199. Equinox, London. 57.
- Goren-Inbar, N. and Sharon, G. 2006. Invisible Handaxes and Visible Acheulian Biface Technology at Gesher Benot Ya´aqov, Israel. In: Axe Age: Acheulian Tool-making from Quarry to Discard, edited by N. Goren-Inbar and G. Sharon, pp. 111-135. Equinox, London. 71.
- Sharon, G. 2011. New Acheulian Locality North of Gesher Benot Ya´aqov – Contribution for the Study of the Levantine Acheulian. In: The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in the Middle East and Neighboring Regions, edited by J. M. L. Tensorer, R. Jagher and M. Otte, pp. 25-33. ERAUL, vol. 126. Liège.
- Grosman, L., Sharon, G., Goldman-Neuman, T., Smikt, O. and Smilansky, U. 2013. 3D Modeling: New Method for Quantifying Post-depositional Damages. In: Scientific Computing and Cultural Heritage, Contributions in Mathematical and Computational Sciences, edited by H. G. Bock, W. Jäger and M. J. Winckler, pp. 11–20. Springer, Berlin.
- Sharon, G. 2014. The Early Prehistory of West and Central Asia. In: The Cambridge World Prehistory, edited by C. Renfrew and P. Bahn, pp. 1357-1378. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- *Sharon, G. 2017. The Acheulian of the Levant. In: Quaternary of the Levant, edited by Y. Enzel and O. Bar-Yosef, pp. 539–547. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- *Sharon, G. 2018. A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter. In: The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archaeology of the Levant and Beyond, edited by T. Akazawa and Y. Nishiaki, pp. 35-47. Springer, Singapore.
- *Sharon, G., 2019. Early Convergent Cultural Evolution – Acheulian Giant Core Methods. In: Squeezing Minds from Stones, edited by T. Wynn, F. L. Coolidge and K. A. Overmann, pp. 237-250. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
ARTICLES:
- Sharon, G. and Goren-Inbar, N. 1999. Soft percussor use at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Acheulian site? Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 28:55-79. 43.
- Sharon, G., Marder, O. and Boaretto, E. 2002. A note on 14C dates from the Epi-Paleolithic site at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 32:5-15. 7.
- Goren-Inbar, N., Sharon, G., Melamed, Y. and Kislev, M. 2002. Nuts, nut cracking, and pitted stones at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, 99(4):2455-2460. 9.504;5/64;215.
- Sharon, G. and Goring-Morris, A. N. 2004. Knives, bifaces, and hammers: A study in technology from the Southern Levant. Eurasian Prehistory, 2(1):53-76. 8.
- Sharon, G. 2008. A lion skull and additional finds from the Mousterian site at the Mahanayeem Stream outlet to the Jordan River. Qadmoniot, 41(136):93-95 (in Hebrew).
- Sharon, G. 2008. The impact of raw material on Acheulian large flake production. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(5):1329-1344. 3.06;7/85;101.
- Goren-Inbar, N., Sharon, G., Alperson-Afil, N. and Laschiver, I. 2008. The Acheulian massive scrapers of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov: A product of the bifaces’ Chaîne Opératoire. Journal of Human Evolution, 55:702-712. 3.992;3/85;43.
- Sharon, G. 2009. Acheulian giant core technology: A worldwide perspective. Current Anthropology, 50(3):335-367. 2.362;15/85;128.
- Alperson-Afil, N., Sharon, G., Kislev, M., Melamed, Y., Zohar, I., Ashkenazi, S., Rabinovich, R., Biton, R., Werker, E., Hartman, G., Feibel, C. and Goren-Inbar, N. 2009. Spatial organization of hominin activities at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. Science, 326(5960):1677-1680. 41.058;2/64;122.
- Sharon, G. 2010. Large Flake Acheulian. Quaternary International, 223-224:226-233. 2.163;29/49;70.
- Sharon, G., Feibel, C., Alperson-Afil, N., Harlavan, Y., Feraud, G., Ashkenazi, S. and Rabinovich, R. 2010. New evidence for the Northern Dead Sea Rift Acheulian. PaleoAnthropology, 2010:79-99. 16.
- Sharon, G., Grosman, L., Fluck, H., Melamed, Y., Rak, Y., Rabinovich, R. and Oron, M. 2010. The first two excavation seasons at NMO: A Mousterian site at the bank of the Jordan River. Eurasian Prehistory, 7(1):135-157. 25.
- Goren-Inbar, N., Grosman, L. and Sharon, G. The technology and significance of the Acheulian giant cores of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38:1901–1917. 3.06;7/85;30.
- Sharon, G. 2011. The early prehistory of the Dead Sea Rift. Melakh Haaretz, 5:93-110 (in Hebrew).
- Sharon, G., Alperson-Afil, N. and Goren-Inbar, N. 2011. Cultural conservatism versus variability in the Acheulian sequence of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov. Journal of Human Evolution, 60:387-397. 3.992;3/85;71.
- Sharon, G. 2011. Flakes crossing the straits? Entame flakes and the Northern Africa-Iberia contact during the Acheulian. African Archaeological Review, 28:125-140. 44.
- Grosman, L., Sharon, G., Goldman-Neuman, T., Smikt, O. and Smilansky, U. 2011. Studying post depositional damage on Acheulian bifaces using 3D scanning. Journal of Human Evolution, 60(4):398-406. 3.992;3/85;40.
- Sharon, G., Zaidner, Y. and Hovers, E. 2014. Opportunities, problems and future directions in the study of open-air Middle Paleolithic sites: An introduction. Quaternary International, 331:1-5. 2.163;29/49;18.
- Sharon, G. and Oron, M. 2014. The lithic tool arsenal of a Mousterian hunter. Quaternary International, 331:167-185. 2.163;29/49;34.
- Kalbe, J., Sharon, G., Porat, N., Zhang, C. and Mischke, S. 2014. Geological setting of the Middle Paleolithic site of NMO (Upper Jordan Valley, Israel). Quaternary International, 331:139-148. 2.163;29/49;16.
- Aharonovich, S., Sharon, G. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2014. Palynological investigations at the Middle Paleolithic site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet, Israel. Quaternary International, 331:149-166. 2.163;29/49;9.
- Kalbe, J., Mischke, S., Dulski, P. and Sharon, G. The Middle Palaeolithic Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet site, Israel: Reconstructing the environment of Late Pleistocene wetlands in the eastern Mediterranean from ostracods. Journal of Archaeological Science, 54:385-395. 3.06;7/85;6.
- Goren-Inbar, N., Sharon, G., Alperson-Afil, N. and Herzlinger, G. 2015. A new type of anvil in the Acheulian of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel. Special issue: Percussive technology in human evolution, edited by I. de la Torre and S. Hirata. Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society, 370:20140353. 5.666;7/85;19.
- Marder, O., Biton, R., Boaretto, E., Feibel, C. S., Melamed, Y., Mienis, H. K., Rabinovich, R., Zohar, I. and Sharon, G. 2015. Jordan River Dureijat: A new Epipaleolithic site in the Upper Jordan Valley. Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 45:5-30.
- Marder, O., Ashkenazy, H., Frumkin, A.Grosman, L., Langford, B., Sharon, G., Ullman, M., Yeshurun, R. and Peleg, Y. 2015. El-Hamam Cave: A new Natufian site in the Samaria Hills. Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 45:131-142.
- Sharon, G. and Barsky, D. 2016. The emergence of the Acheulian in Europe: A look from the east. Quaternary International, 411:25–33. 2.163;29/49;15.
- Sharon, G. Comment to: Hosfield, R., Walking in a winter wonderland? Strategies for Early and Middle Pleistocene survival in mid-latitude Europe. Current Anthropology, 57(5), 653–682. 2.362;15/85.
- *Biton, R., Sharon, G., Oron, M., Steiner, T. and Rabinovich, R. 2017. Freshwater turtle or tortoise? The exploitation of testudines at the Mousterian site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet, Hula Valley, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, 14:409–419. 1.
- *Sharon, , Barash, A., Eisenberg-Degen, D., Grosman, L., Oron, M. and Berger, U. 2017. Monumental megalithic burial and rock art tell a new story about the Levant Intermediate Bronze “Dark Ages”. PLoS One, 12, e0172969. 2.766;15/64.
- *Baena Preysler, J., Torres Navas, C.and Sharon, G. Life history of a large flake biface. Quaternary Science Reviews, 190:123-136. 4.334;5/49.
- *Biton, R., Bailon, S., Goren-Inbar, N., Sharon, G. and Rabinovich, R. 2018. Pleistocene amphibians and squamates from the Upper Jordan Rift Valley, Gesher Benot Ya’aqov and Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (MIS 20–18 and MIS 4/3). Quaternary Research 91:345-366.
- *Berger, U. and Sharon, G. 2018. Dolmens of the Hula Basin. Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 48:147-166.
- *Berger, U., Goren, H. and Sharon, G. 2020. In the footsteps of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales: Rediscovering the Nukheileh Dolmen Field. Israel Exploration Journal, 70(2):129-149.
- *Finkel, M., Gopher, A., Sharon, G., Tirosh, O. and Ben-Yosef, E. 2020. Kela – A Middle Paleolithic flint extraction and reduction site in the northern Golan Heights. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 30:102208.
- *Sharon, G., Grosman, L., Allué, E., Barash, A., Bar-Yosef Mayer, D. E., Biton, R., Bunin, E., Langgut, D., Melamed, Y., Mischke, S., Valletta, F., Munro, N. 2020. Jordan River Dureijat: 10,000 years of intermittent Epipaleolithic activity on the shore of Paleolake Hula. PaleoAnthropolgy, 2020:34–64.
- *Sharon, G., Berger, U., 2020. Rock Art in South Levantine Dolmens. Asian Archaeology. 4, 17–29.
- *Pedergnana, A., Cristiani, E., Munro, N., Valletta, F. and Sharon, G. Early line and hook fishing at the Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat (Northern Israel). PLoS ONE. 16(10): e0257710. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257710
- *Langgut, D., Cheddadi, R., Sharon, G., 2021. Climate and environmental reconstruction of the Epipaleolithic Mediterranean Levant (22-12 ka). Quaternary Science Review. 270, 107170.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
- Sharon, G. 2008. Migration and Dispersal. In: The Middle East – The Cradle of Civilization Revealed, edited by S. Bourke, pp. 28-29. Ancient Civilizations. Thames and Hudson, London.
- Sharon, G. 2008. Modern Humans Emerge. In: The Middle East – The Cradle of Civilization Revealed, edited by S. Bourke, pp. 30-31. Ancient Civilizations. Thames and Hudson, London.
- Sharon, G. 2008. Out of Africa. In: The Middle East – The Cradle of Civilization Revealed, edited by S. Bourke, pp. 26-27. Ancient Civilizations. Thames and Hudson, London.
- Sharon, G. 2012. Nahal Mahanyeem Outlet (NMO): Hunters camp at the shore of the Paleo-Hula Lake. Eretz Hakinneret, 6:30-33 (in Hebrew).
- Sharon, G. 2013. In the Beginning. Segula: Israeli Journal of History, 34:28-35 (in Hebrew).
- Sharon, G. 2016. The Prehistory of the Upper Jordan River: The first million years. In: Streams and Water in the Upper Galilee, edited by H. Amit, pp. 138-151. Yad Yitzhak Ben Tzvi, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).
- Berger, U. and G. 2017. Shamir, the Dolmen Field. Hadashot Arkheologiot, Vol. 129. http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=25208&mag_id=125
- Berger, U. and Sharon, G. 2017. The Shamir Dolmen Field and the Intermediate Bronze Age – Stones and Social Complexity. Ancient Near East Today, 12. http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2017/12/shamir-dolmen-field
- Sharon, G. 2018. The Prehistory of the Upper Jordan River—The First Million Years. Corner Stone, 2:54–61 (in Arabic).
- Sharon, G., Barkai, R. and Rosenberg, D. 2018. In Memoriam - A man of his land - Amnon Assaf 1928-2018. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society. 48:173–176.
- Sharon, G. and Oron, M. 2020. A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter. Ancient Near East Today. VIII.
- Berger, U. and Sharon, G. 2019. Deir Saras. Hadashot Arkheologiyot. 131. hadashot-esi.org.il/Report_Detail_Eng.aspx?id=25595&mag_id=127
- Berger, U., Peleg, M. and Sharon, G. 2020. Nahal Meshushim Nature Reserve. Hadashot Arkheologiyot. 132. hadashot-esi.org.il/Report_Detail_Eng.aspx?id=25709&mag_id=128
- Berger, U. and Sharon, G. 2020. Dolmen Rock Art in the Golan Heights and the Upper Galilee. Corner Stone. 6:50–55. (in Arabic).
- Sharon, G. The First Stone Tools: Earliest Industries in the Earliest Site in the Middle East, ’Ubeidiya, in the Jordan Valley. Corner Stone. 6:55–60. (in Arabic).
- Sharon, G., 2021. Early fishers on the banks of the Paleo-Lake Hula at the end of the Last Ice Age. Ertz Hakinneret. 32, 22–25 (in Hebrew).
- Sharon, G. 2021. Jordan River Dureijat. Hadashot Arkheologiyot. Vol. 133. http://hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=26090&mag_id=133
- Sharon, G. In Press. Ma'ayan Barukh. Hadashot Arkheologiyot.
- Sharon, G. In Press. Terra Amata Acheulian assemblage: A look from the Levant. In: Terra Amata, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, edited by H. de Lumley. CNRS, Paris.
EDUCATIONAL FILM:
- Madsen, B., Sharon, G. and Goren-Inbar, N. 2007. The Cutting Edge: A Million Years of Stone Technology. Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
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