David E. Friesem

1.3k total citations
48 papers, 849 citations indexed

About

David E. Friesem is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Friesem has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 849 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Paleontology, 24 papers in Anthropology and 22 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in David E. Friesem's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). David E. Friesem is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). David E. Friesem collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Germany. David E. Friesem's co-authors include Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Noa Lavi, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Tsartsidou, Elisabetta Boaretto, Yossi Zaidner, Adi Eliyahu‐Behar, Leore Grosman, Lior Regev and Erella Hovers and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David E. Friesem

45 papers receiving 820 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David E. Friesem Israel 18 530 414 383 144 107 48 849
Sacha Jones United Kingdom 15 505 1.0× 649 1.6× 435 1.1× 300 2.1× 50 0.5× 22 948
Robyn Inglis United Kingdom 12 432 0.8× 440 1.1× 456 1.2× 291 2.0× 79 0.7× 25 844
Ilan Sharon Israel 16 706 1.3× 351 0.8× 716 1.9× 160 1.1× 74 0.7× 28 1.2k
Lamya Khalidi France 16 418 0.8× 319 0.8× 355 0.9× 128 0.9× 34 0.3× 37 629
Matthew Meredith‐Williams United Kingdom 10 306 0.6× 297 0.7× 375 1.0× 212 1.5× 74 0.7× 20 678
Julien Riel‐Salvatore Canada 23 855 1.6× 883 2.1× 494 1.3× 224 1.6× 30 0.3× 56 1.3k
Раду Йовита Germany 22 917 1.7× 1.1k 2.7× 473 1.2× 226 1.6× 67 0.6× 53 1.5k
Hope M. Williams United States 6 549 1.0× 646 1.6× 283 0.7× 235 1.6× 55 0.5× 7 937
Jeffrey R. Ferguson United States 13 423 0.8× 395 1.0× 188 0.5× 61 0.4× 25 0.2× 50 696
Susan M. Mentzer Germany 14 596 1.1× 555 1.3× 328 0.9× 238 1.7× 27 0.3× 34 834

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David E. Friesem

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All Works

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Yasur‐Landau, Assaf, Kevin Johnson, Deborah Cvikel, et al.. (2025). Iron Age ship cargoes from the harbour of Dor (Israel). Antiquity. 99(406). 1004–1020.
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Langgut, Dafna, et al.. (2024). Identifying construction technologies and environmental connections at the Iron Age IIA settlement of Kh. es-Suwweida, Israel: A microarchaeological study. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 60. 104850–104850. 1 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Noa Lavi, Sheina Lew‐Levy, & Adam H. Boyette. (2024). Mobility, site maintenance and archaeological formation processes: An ethnoarchaeological perspective. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 74. 101588–101588. 1 indexed citations
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Torfstein, Adi, David E. Friesem, Dafna Langgut, et al.. (2024). Heinrich Event 2 (ca. 24 ka BP) as a chrono-climatic anchor for the appearance of Epipaleolithic backed bladelets microlith industries in the Southern Levant. Quaternary Science Reviews. 332. 108649–108649. 2 indexed citations
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Garfınkel, Yosef, et al.. (2023). Fire at the gate of Hazor: A micro-geoarchaeological study of the depositional history of a Bronze Age City gate. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 49. 103914–103914.
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Slon, Viviane, Jamie L. Clark, David E. Friesem, et al.. (2022). Extended longevity of DNA preservation in Levantine Paleolithic sediments, Sefunim Cave, Israel. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 14528–14528. 12 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Nadya Teutsch, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, Ron Shimelmitz, & Ruth Shahack‐Gross. (2021). Identification of fresh and burnt bat guano and pigeon droppings in Eastern Mediterranean karstic cave sites based on micromorphological and chemical characteristics. Quaternary Science Reviews. 274. 107238–107238. 8 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, et al.. (2021). High-resolution study of Middle Palaeolithic deposits and formation processes at Tabun Cave, Israel: Guano-rich cave deposits and detailed stratigraphic appreciation of Layer C. Quaternary Science Reviews. 274. 107203–107203. 17 indexed citations
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Lew‐Levy, Sheina, Annemieke Milks, Noa Lavi, Sarah M. Pope, & David E. Friesem. (2020). Where innovations flourish: an ethnographic and archaeological overview of hunter–gatherer learning contexts. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2. e31–e31. 28 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., et al.. (2019). Lime plaster cover of the dead 12,000 years ago – new evidence for the origins of lime plaster technology. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 1. e9–e9. 36 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Ariel Malinsky‐Buller, Ravid Ekshtain, et al.. (2019). New Data from Shovakh Cave and Its Implications for Reconstructing Middle Paleolithic Settlement Patterns in the Amud Drainage, Israel. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 2(3). 298–337. 11 indexed citations
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Wilson, Ross, et al.. (2019). UBC Excavations of the Roman Villa at Gerace, Sicily: Results of the 2017 Season. Mouseion Journal of the Classical Association of Canada. 16(2). 249–342. 5 indexed citations
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Roskin, Joel, et al.. (2017). A late Pleistocene linear dune dam record of aeolian-fluvial dynamics at the fringes of the northwestern Negev dunefield. Sedimentary Geology. 353. 76–95. 20 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Noa Lavi, Marco Madella, P. Ajithprasad, & Charles French. (2016). Site Formation Processes and Hunter-Gatherers Use of Space in a Tropical Environment: A Geo-Ethnoarchaeological Approach from South India. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164185–e0164185. 26 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E.. (2016). Geo-ethnoarchaeology in action. Journal of Archaeological Science. 70. 145–157. 36 indexed citations
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Zaidner, Yossi, Amos Frumkin, David E. Friesem, Alexander Tsatskin, & Ruth Shahack‐Gross. (2016). Landscapes, depositional environments and human occupation at Middle Paleolithic open-air sites in the southern Levant, with new insights from Nesher Ramla, Israel. Quaternary Science Reviews. 138. 76–86. 21 indexed citations
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Friesem, David E., Yossi Zaidner, & Ruth Shahack‐Gross. (2013). Formation processes and combustion features at the lower layers of the Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel. Quaternary International. 331. 128–138. 52 indexed citations

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