Ella Assaf

455 total citations
20 papers, 377 citations indexed

About

Ella Assaf is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ella Assaf has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 377 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Anthropology, 12 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ella Assaf's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (6 papers). Ella Assaf is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (6 papers). Ella Assaf collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Spain and Italy. Ella Assaf's co-authors include Avi Gopher, Ran Barkai, Cristina Lemorini, Viviane Slon, Flavia Venditti, Javier Baena Preysler, Ruth Blasco, Jordi Rosell, Francesca Romagnoli and E. N. ZIL'BERMAN and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Human Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Ella Assaf

17 papers receiving 366 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ella Assaf Israel 11 330 271 154 80 44 20 377
Gadi Herzlinger Israel 11 347 1.1× 249 0.9× 138 0.9× 79 1.0× 47 1.1× 21 440
Isabel Díaz Spain 6 247 0.7× 157 0.6× 93 0.6× 75 0.9× 42 1.0× 8 289
Javier Duque Spain 9 350 1.1× 217 0.8× 140 0.9× 104 1.3× 58 1.3× 10 405
Cristina Fraile Spain 11 365 1.1× 229 0.8× 154 1.0× 104 1.3× 62 1.4× 15 436
Antoine Muller Israel 11 249 0.8× 177 0.7× 92 0.6× 66 0.8× 44 1.0× 21 336
Nyree Finlay United Kingdom 10 240 0.7× 270 1.0× 124 0.8× 40 0.5× 41 0.9× 25 445
Martin Porr Australia 14 301 0.9× 224 0.8× 169 1.1× 33 0.4× 106 2.4× 33 458
Policarpo Sánchez Yustos Spain 10 450 1.4× 313 1.2× 188 1.2× 107 1.3× 74 1.7× 27 502
Flavia Venditti Italy 9 293 0.9× 257 0.9× 164 1.1× 58 0.7× 39 0.9× 22 347
Yonatan Sahle South Africa 10 273 0.8× 193 0.7× 117 0.8× 57 0.7× 60 1.4× 28 353

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ella Assaf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2025). The use of shaped stone balls to extract marrow: a matter of skill? Experimental- traceological approach. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(1).
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Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2025). Child in Time: Children as Liminal Agents in Upper Paleolithic Decorated Caves. Arts. 14(2). 27–27.
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Assaf, Ella. (2024). Set in Stone: Human–Horse Relations as Embodied in Shaped Stone Balls. Archaeologies. 20(1). 64–105. 3 indexed citations
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Blasco, Ruth, Jordi Rosell, Ella Assaf, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2024). Exploring the lack of articular ends at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution. 189. 103509–103509. 4 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, Javier Baena Preysler, & Emiliano Bruner. (2023). Lower Paleolithic Shaped Stone Balls—What Is Next? Some Cultural–Cognitive Questions. Quaternary. 6(4). 51–51. 8 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2022). Learning by Doing: Investigating Skill Through Techno-Functional Study of Recycled Lithic Items from Qesem Cave (Israel). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 3 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella & Javier Baena Preysler. (2022). Raw material selectivity in Lower Paleolithic shaped stone ball production: experimental research. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 14(1). 10 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella. (2021). Throughout the generations: Learning processes and knowledge transmission mechanisms as reflected in lithic assemblages of the terminal Lower Paleolithic Levant. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 35. 102772–102772. 14 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella. (2021). Dawn of a new day: The role of children in the assimilation of new technologies throughout the Lower Paleolithic. L Anthropologie. 125(1). 102836–102836. 9 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella & Francesca Romagnoli. (2021). Beyond Tools and Function: The Selection of Materials and the Ontology of Hunter-Gatherers. Ethnographic Evidences and Implications for Palaeolithic Archaeology. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 31(2). 281–291. 10 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, Isabella Caricola, Avi Gopher, et al.. (2020). Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230972–e0230972. 43 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella. (2018). Paleolithic aesthetics: Collecting colorful flint pebbles at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 13 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2017). Another Side of the Amudian Industry at Qesem Cave, Israel: The Southern Area Lithic Assemblage. Lithic Technology. 42(4). 161–178. 4 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella. (2017). Core sharing. 3(3). 367–399. 11 indexed citations
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Gopher, Avi, et al.. (2015). Spatial aspects as seen from a density analysis of lithics at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave: Preliminary results and observations. Quaternary International. 398. 103–117. 25 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2015). Knowledge transmission and apprentice flint-knappers in the Acheulo-Yabrudian: A case study from Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International. 398. 70–85. 41 indexed citations
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Lemorini, Cristina, et al.. (2014). The function of recycled lithic items at late Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel: An overview of the use-wear data. Quaternary International. 361. 103–112. 65 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2014). Intra-site variability in lithic recycling at Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International. 361. 88–102. 41 indexed citations
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Assaf, Ella, et al.. (2014). Looking for sharp edges: Modes of flint recycling at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International. 361. 61–87. 73 indexed citations

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