Tsenka Tsanova

1.5k total citations
19 papers, 476 citations indexed

About

Tsenka Tsanova is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tsenka Tsanova has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 476 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Anthropology, 14 papers in Paleontology and 14 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Tsenka Tsanova's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Tsenka Tsanova is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Tsenka Tsanova collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Bulgaria. Tsenka Tsanova's co-authors include Maria Perla Colombini, Sylvain Soriano, Paola Villa, Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko, Ilaria Degano, Lucinda Backwell, Peter Beaumont, Francesco d’Errico, Thomas Higham and Nikolay Sirakov and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tsenka Tsanova

17 papers receiving 457 citations

Peers

Tsenka Tsanova
Francesco d’Errico France
Caroline Hamon France
Ariel Malinsky‐Buller Israel
Jean‐Guillaume Bordes France
Philip Allsworth-Jones United Kingdom
Brad Gravina France
Jean‐Marie Le Tensorer Switzerland
Carolyn Barshay-Szmidt France
Michel Lenoir France
Mikael A. Manninen Finland
Francesco d’Errico France
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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Tsanova, Tsenka, Vincent Delvigne, Svoboda Sirakova, et al.. (2024). Curated character of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic artefact assemblages in Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria). PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0307435–e0307435. 5 indexed citations
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Martisius, Naomi L., Rosen Spasov, Geoffrey M. Smith, et al.. (2022). Initial Upper Paleolithic bone technology and personal ornaments at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria). Journal of Human Evolution. 167. 103198–103198. 15 indexed citations
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Pederzani, Sarah, Kate Britton, Vera Aldeias, et al.. (2021). Subarctic climate for the earliestHomo sapiensin Europe. Science Advances. 7(39). eabi4642–eabi4642. 28 indexed citations
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Smith, Geoffrey M., Naomi L. Martisius, Virginie Sinet‐Mathiot, et al.. (2021). Subsistence behavior during the Initial Upper Paleolithic in Europe: Site use, dietary practice, and carnivore exploitation at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria). Journal of Human Evolution. 161. 103074–103074. 15 indexed citations
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Sinet‐Mathiot, Virginie, Naomi L. Martisius, Ellen Schulz‐Kornas, et al.. (2021). The effect of eraser sampling for proteomic analysis on Palaeolithic bone surface microtopography. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23611–23611. 9 indexed citations
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Tsanova, Tsenka, et al.. (2021). Upper Palaeolithic layers and Campanian Ignimbrite/Y-5 tephra in Toplitsa cave, Northern Bulgaria. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 37. 102912–102912. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Geoffrey M., Rosen Spasov, Virginie Sinet‐Mathiot, et al.. (2020). Subsistence behaviour during the Initial Upper Palaeolithic of Bacho Kiro (Bulgaria): Integrating zooarchaeological and biomolecular datasets. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 41.
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Sirakov, Nikolay, Tsenka Tsanova, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, et al.. (2017). Reopened Bacho Kiro - new data on Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition and Early-Middle stages of Upper Palaeolithic. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 32–36.
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Sirakov, Nikolay, Tsenka Tsanova, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, et al.. (2016). Upper Palaeolithic sequence in Bacho Kiro cave: Reopening of investigation. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 46–49. 1 indexed citations
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Tsanova, Tsenka. (2012). A diachronic view of flake production from the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in the Eastern Balkans. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 215–237. 6 indexed citations
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Villa, Paola, Sylvain Soriano, Tsenka Tsanova, et al.. (2012). Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(33). 13208–13213. 152 indexed citations
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Sirakov, Nikolay, Jean‐Luc Guadelli, Myriam Boudadi‐Maligne, et al.. (2010). An ancient continuous human presence in the Balkans and the beginnings of human settlement in western Eurasia: A Lower Pleistocene example of the Lower Palaeolithic levels in Kozarnika cave (North-western Bulgaria). Quaternary International. 223-224. 94–106. 81 indexed citations
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Tsanova, Tsenka. (2010). Perspectives pour le début de Paléolithique supérieur dans le Zagros iranien et sur l’apparition de la modernité culturelle. Approche taphonomique et caractérisation techno-économique de deux ensembles lithiques de Warwasi et Yafteh (Iran). MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 26. 108–125. 1 indexed citations
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Tsanova, Tsenka. (2009). Contribution méthodologique concernant la séquence archéologique du début du Paléolithique supérieur à Temnata (Bulgarie du Nord) : approche taphonomique des ensembles lithiques dans leur intérêt stratigraphique. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 145–169. 3 indexed citations
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Sirakov, Nikolay, et al.. (2007). Un nouveau faciès lamellaire du début du Paléolithique supérieur dans les Balkans. Paléo. 19. 131–144. 11 indexed citations
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Morin, Eugène, et al.. (2005). Bone refits in stratified deposits: testing the chronological grain at Saint-Césaire. Journal of Archaeological Science. 32(7). 1083–1098. 45 indexed citations
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Tsanova, Tsenka & Jean‐Guillaume Bordes. (2003). Contribution au débat sur l'origine de l'Aurignacien : Principaux résultats d'une étude technologique de l'industrie lithique de la couche 11 de Bacho Kiro.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 41–50. 16 indexed citations

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