Ron Shimelmitz

1.2k total citations
44 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

Ron Shimelmitz is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Shimelmitz has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Anthropology and 32 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Ron Shimelmitz's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (34 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 papers). Ron Shimelmitz is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (34 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 papers). Ron Shimelmitz collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Ron Shimelmitz's co-authors include Avi Gopher, Ran Barkai, Steven L. Kuhn, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, Ronen Avraham, Mary C. Stiner, Cristina Lemorini, Danny Rosenberg, Arthur J. Jelinek and Amy Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ron Shimelmitz

44 papers receiving 823 citations

Peers

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Rosalia Gallotti France

Mohamed Sahnouni United States

Parth R. Chauhan India

Déborah Barsky Spain

Michael Bolus Germany

Ofer Marder Israel

Jean-Philippe Faivre France

Paul Fernandes France

Nira Alperson-Afil Israel

Vincent Mourre France

Rosalia Gallotti France

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839 ×1.2

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640 ×1.0

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424 ×1.0

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Shimelmitz, Ron, et al.. (2025). Fallow deer bone beds in Tabun Cave Layer B: Insights from renewed fieldwork. Quaternary Science Reviews. 369. 109620–109620. 1 indexed citations

Yeshurun, Reuven, et al.. (2025). Birds from the oven: the Middle Palaeolithic avifauna of Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(4). 3 indexed citations

Weissbrod, Lior, et al.. (2024). How robust is the taphonomic method in microvertebrate research? Analytical error evaluation in taphonomic data from hominin-bearing Layer C of Tabun Cave. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 648. 112304–112304. 2 indexed citations

Richard, Maïlys, Norbert Mercier, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, Lior Weissbrod, & Ron Shimelmitz. (2024). Chronology of the late Lower and Middle Palaeolithic at Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel) with insights into diagenesis and dose rate variation using post-IR IRSL (pIRIR290) dating and infrared spectroscopy. Quaternary Geochronology. 84. 101611–101611. 2 indexed citations

Shimelmitz, Ron & Erez Ben‐Yosef. (2023). The stone-to-metal transition reflected in the Iron Age copper production sites of Timna Valley, Israel. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0294569–e0294569. 1 indexed citations

Kuhn, Steven L. & Ron Shimelmitz. (2022). From Hafting to Retooling: Miniaturization as Tolerance Control in Paleolithic and Neolithic Blade Production. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 30(2). 678–701. 10 indexed citations

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

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

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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Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris, Hong Chen, Cheng Liu, et al.. (2020). Versatile use of microliths as a technological advantage in the miniaturization of Late Pleistocene toolkits: The case study of Neve David, Israel. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0233340–e0233340. 16 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Iris Groman-Yaroslavski, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, & Danny Rosenberg. (2020). A Middle Pleistocene abrading tool from Tabun Cave, Israel: A search for the roots of abrading technology in human evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 150. 102909–102909. 2 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Steven L. Kuhn, & Mina Weinstein‐Evron. (2020). The evolution of raw material procurement strategies: A view from the deep sequence of Tabun Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution. 143. 102787–102787. 19 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron & Steven L. Kuhn. (2017). The toolkit in the core: There is more to Levallois production than predetermination. Quaternary International. 464. 81–91. 31 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron & Danny Rosenberg. (2016). The organization of basanite bifacial production at Giv’at Kipod Quarry, Israel: Towards an ‘Alyawara Day’ model of extraction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 499–521. 11 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Steven L. Kuhn, Ronen Avraham, & Mina Weinstein‐Evron. (2014). Predetermined Flake Production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic Boundary: Yabrudian Scraper-Blank Technology. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106293–e106293. 29 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Steven L. Kuhn, Arthur J. Jelinek, et al.. (2014). ‘Fire at will’: The emergence of habitual fire use 350,000 years ago. Journal of Human Evolution. 77. 196–203. 134 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron & Matthew J. Adams. (2014). Flint Knapping and the Early Bronze Age I Temple of Megiddo, Israel. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology. 27(1). 51–78. 9 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2011). Systematic blade production at late Lower Paleolithic (400–200 kyr) Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution. 61(4). 458–479. 97 indexed citations

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Barkai, Ran, et al.. (2009). A blade for all seasons? Making and using Amudian blades at Qesem Cave, Israel. Human Evolution. 24(1). 57–75. 80 indexed citations

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Shimelmitz, Ron, Ran Barkai, & Avi Gopher. (2000). A Canaanean Blade Workshop at Haruvim, Israel. Tel Aviv. 2000(1). 3–22. 4 indexed citations

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