Zelalem Assefa

1.1k total citations
14 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

Zelalem Assefa is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zelalem Assefa has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 8 papers in Paleontology and 6 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Zelalem Assefa's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Zelalem Assefa is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Zelalem Assefa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Canada. Zelalem Assefa's co-authors include Curtis W. Marean, Kaye E. Reed, Erella Hovers, Y. M. Lam, Elizabeth C. Stone, Peter Nilssen, Asfawossen Asrat, David Pleurdeau, Solomon Yirga and Osbjorn M. Pearson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Journal of Human Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Zelalem Assefa

14 papers receiving 658 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zelalem Assefa United States	13	613	457	282	180	116	14	721
Rosalia Gallotti France	18	839 1.4×	640 1.4×	424 1.5×	127 0.7×	106 0.9×	36	976
Michael C. Pante United States	20	675 1.1×	415 0.9×	363 1.3×	208 1.2×	164 1.4×	31	808
Roy Larick United States	12	615 1.0×	488 1.1×	264 0.9×	179 1.0×	70 0.6×	14	769
Sonia Harmand France	14	713 1.2×	481 1.1×	265 0.9×	273 1.5×	102 0.9×	25	872
Jessica C. Thompson United States	22	853 1.4×	594 1.3×	480 1.7×	192 1.1×	140 1.2×	48	1.1k
Fidelis T. Masao Tanzania	13	849 1.4×	559 1.2×	280 1.0×	386 2.1×	207 1.8×	29	1.1k
D. R. Hobbs Australia	12	573 0.9×	396 0.9×	253 0.9×	164 0.9×	56 0.5×	12	758
Sandrine Prat France	14	462 0.8×	363 0.8×	226 0.8×	146 0.8×	82 0.7×	44	567
James S. Oliver United States	12	580 0.9×	391 0.9×	267 0.9×	218 1.2×	227 2.0×	17	767
Parth R. Chauhan India	12	555 0.9×	492 1.1×	275 1.0×	88 0.5×	76 0.7×	28	686

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Tribolo, Chantal, Asfawossen Asrat, Jean‐Jacques Bahain, et al.. (2017). Across the Gap: Geochronological and Sedimentological Analyses from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene Sequence of Goda Buticha, Southeastern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169418–e0169418. 37 indexed citations

Stoetzel, Emmanuelle, David Pleurdeau, Asfawossen Asrat, et al.. (2017). Preliminary study of the rodent assemblages of Goda Buticha: New insights on Late Quaternary environmental and cultural changes in southeastern Ethiopia. Quaternary International. 471. 21–34. 12 indexed citations

Assefa, Zelalem, Asfawossen Asrat, Erella Hovers, et al.. (2017). Engraved ostrich eggshell from the Middle Stone Age contexts of Goda Buticha, Ethiopia. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 17. 723–729. 13 indexed citations

Tocheri, Matthew W., René Dommain, Shannon C. McFarlin, et al.. (2016). The evolutionary origin and population history of the grauer gorilla. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 159(S61). 4–18. 25 indexed citations

Pleurdeau, David, Erella Hovers, Zelalem Assefa, et al.. (2014). Cultural change or continuity in the late MSA/Early LSA of southeastern Ethiopia? The site of Goda Buticha, Dire Dawa area. Quaternary International. 343. 117–135. 43 indexed citations

Assefa, Zelalem, et al.. (2013). Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia: Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age archaeology and Holocene rock art. Quaternary International. 343. 136–147. 19 indexed citations

Alemseged, Zeresenay, Zelalem Assefa, David Pleurdeau, Erella Hovers, & Asfawossen Asrat. (2009). Results of the Second Field Season of the South East Ethiopia Cave Survey Project: Test Excavations, Survey, Rock Art, and Speleothems. 1 indexed citations

Fleagle, John G., Zelalem Assefa, Francis H. Brown, & John J. Shea. (2008). Paleoanthropology of the Kibish Formation, southern Ethiopia: Introduction. Journal of Human Evolution. 55(3). 360–365. 31 indexed citations

Assefa, Zelalem, Solomon Yirga, & Kaye E. Reed. (2008). The large-mammal fauna from the Kibish Formation. Journal of Human Evolution. 55(3). 501–512. 42 indexed citations

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Assefa, Zelalem, Y. M. Lam, & Henk K. Mienis. (2008). Symbolic Use of Terrestrial Gastropod Opercula during the Middle Stone Age at Porc‐Epic Cave, Ethiopia. Current Anthropology. 49(4). 746–756. 34 indexed citations

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Assefa, Zelalem. (2006). Faunal remains from Porc-Epic: Paleoecological and zooarchaeological investigations from a Middle Stone Age site in southeastern Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 51(1). 50–75. 73 indexed citations

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Marean, Curtis W., et al.. (2002). The Analysis of Cutmarks on Archaeofauna: A Review and Critique of Quantification Procedures, and a New Image-Analysis GIS Approach. American Antiquity. 67(4). 643–663. 86 indexed citations

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Marean, Curtis W. & Zelalem Assefa. (1999). Zooarcheological evidence for the faunal exploitation behavior of Neandertals and early modern humans. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 8(1). 22–37. 118 indexed citations

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Kimbel, William H., Robert C. Walter, Donald C. Johanson, et al.. (1996). Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 31(6). 549–561. 187 indexed citations

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