Anna Belfer‐Cohen

6.3k total citations
85 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Anna Belfer‐Cohen is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Belfer‐Cohen has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Paleontology, 51 papers in Archeology and 44 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Anna Belfer‐Cohen's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (49 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (44 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (33 papers). Anna Belfer‐Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (49 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (44 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (33 papers). Anna Belfer‐Cohen collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Georgia. Anna Belfer‐Cohen's co-authors include Ofer Bar‐Yosef, A. Nigel Goring‐Morris, Ofer Bar‐Yosef, Erella Hovers, Elisabetta Boaretto, Guy Bar‐Oz, Nino Jakeli, Zinovi Matskevich, Leore Grosman and Natalie D. Munro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anna Belfer‐Cohen

82 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Anna Belfer‐Cohen 2.3k 2.2k 1.8k 411 257 85 3.3k
Ofer Bar‐Yosef 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 700 1.7× 327 1.3× 69 3.2k
Hélène Valladas 2.5k 1.1× 2.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 829 2.0× 291 1.1× 102 4.3k
Dani Nadel 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 491 1.2× 353 1.4× 112 3.0k
Liora Kolska Horwitz 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 562 1.4× 508 2.0× 149 3.2k
Francesco Berna 2.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 2.5× 340 1.3× 63 3.7k
Jiřı́ Svoboda 2.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 736 1.8× 250 1.0× 147 3.3k
Naama Goren‐Inbar 1.7k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 401 1.0× 321 1.2× 77 2.9k
Nick Barton 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 512 1.2× 231 0.9× 56 2.4k
Geoffrey A. Clark 1.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 947 0.5× 303 0.7× 230 0.9× 117 2.4k
Marian Vanhaeren 2.8k 1.2× 3.2k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 431 1.0× 196 0.8× 63 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Belfer‐Cohen

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All Works

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Longo, Laura, Clarissa Cagnato, Anna Belfer‐Cohen, et al.. (2025). Direct evidence for processing Isatis tinctoria L., a non-nutritional plant, 32–34,000 years ago. PLoS ONE. 20(5). e0321262–e0321262.
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Goring‐Morris, A. Nigel & Anna Belfer‐Cohen. (2024). When environment meets culture in the arid margin of the Southern Levant. Journal of Arid Environments. 225. 105262–105262.
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Belfer‐Cohen, Anna & A. Nigel Goring‐Morris. (2024). “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue…” Ornaments in the Levantine Early Neolithic. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 54. 104442–104442. 3 indexed citations
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Belfer‐Cohen, Anna, et al.. (2024). The use of carinated items in the Levantine Aurignacian—Insights from layer D, Hayonim Cave, W. Galilee, Israel. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0301102–e0301102. 3 indexed citations
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Goren‐Inbar, Naama, et al.. (2022). Kaizer Hill (Modi‘in), a pre-pottery neolithic a quarry site – the terraced slopes. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265727–e0265727. 5 indexed citations
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Gelabert, Pere, Susanna Sawyer, Anders Bergström, et al.. (2021). Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment. Current Biology. 31(16). 3564–3574.e9. 33 indexed citations
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Tejero, José-Miguel, Guy Bar‐Oz, Ofer Bar‐Yosef, et al.. (2021). New insights into the Upper Palaeolithic of the Caucasus through the study of personal ornaments. Teeth and bones pendants from Satsurblia and Dzudzuana caves (Imereti, Georgia). PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0258974–e0258974. 12 indexed citations
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Belfer‐Cohen, Anna & Erella Hovers. (2020). Prehistoric Perspectives on “Others” and “Strangers”. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 3063–3063. 17 indexed citations
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Stahlschmidt, Mareike, Daniel Fernandes, Guy Bar‐Oz, et al.. (2019). Ancient Mammalian and Plant DNA from Late Quaternary Stalagmite Layers at Solkota Cave, Georgia. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6628–6628. 23 indexed citations
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Oxilia, Gregorio, Daniele Panetta, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, et al.. (2017). Morphological description and morphometric analyses of the Upper Palaeolithic human remains from Dzudzuana and Satsurblia caves, western Georgia. Journal of Human Evolution. 113. 83–90. 15 indexed citations
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Grosman, Leore, et al.. (2016). Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146647–e0146647. 62 indexed citations
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Hovers, Erella & Anna Belfer‐Cohen. (2015). Prehistoric perspectives on ‘Others’ and ‘Strangers’. 1 indexed citations
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Belfer‐Cohen, Anna & Ofer Bar‐Yosef. (2014). Paleolithic recycling: The example of Aurignacian artifacts from Kebara and Hayonim caves. Quaternary International. 361. 256–259. 26 indexed citations
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Pinhasi, Ron, Tengiz Meshveliani, Zinovi Matskevich, et al.. (2014). Satsurblia: New Insights of Human Response and Survival across the Last Glacial Maximum in the Southern Caucasus. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e111271–e111271. 32 indexed citations
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Kvavadze, Eliso, Ofer Bar‐Yosef, Anna Belfer‐Cohen, et al.. (2009). 30,000-Year-Old Wild Flax Fibers. Science. 325(5946). 1359–1359. 220 indexed citations
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Bar‐Yosef, Ofer, Anna Belfer‐Cohen, Elisabetta Boaretto, et al.. (2008). Dating the demise: Neandertal extinction and the establishment of modern humans in the southern Caucasus. Journal of Human Evolution. 55(5). 817–833. 70 indexed citations
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Adler, D., Guy Bar‐Oz, Anna Belfer‐Cohen, & Ofer Bar‐Yosef. (2006). Ahead of the Game. Current Anthropology. 47(1). 89–118. 133 indexed citations
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Belfer‐Cohen, Anna & A. Nigel Goring‐Morris. (2002). Recent Developments in Near Eastern Neolithic Research.. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 15 indexed citations
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Bar‐Yosef, Ofer & Anna Belfer‐Cohen. (1998). Natufian imagery in perspective. Rivista di scienze preistoriche. 247–263. 3 indexed citations
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Bar‐Yosef, Ofer, Anna Belfer‐Cohen, & Ahmet C. Gören. (1986). Nawamis and Habitation Sites near Gebel Gunna, Southern Sinai. 36. 121–167. 26 indexed citations

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