Center of Excellence

Archaeology Research Sub-Group

Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar

Research Interests:

Old World prehistory
The Lower and Middle Pleistocene
Morpho-technology and typology of stone artifacts
The Acheulian and Mousterian technocomplexes
Paleoclimate, paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the Great African Rift Valley
The evolution of human behavior
Site formation processes
Human dispersals and colonization: Out of Africa
Pre-Pottery Neolithic quarries

Publications (selected):

Books:

Goren-Inbar, N. (1990) Quneitra - a Mousterian Site on the Golan Heights (Qedem 31). Jerusalem, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University.

Bar-Yosef, O. and Goren-Inbar, N. (1993) The Lithic Assemblages of Ubeidiya (Qedem 34). Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University.

Goren-Inbar, N., Werker, E. and Feibel, C. S. (2002) The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov: The Wood Assemblage. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Goren-Inbar, N. and Speth, J.D. (eds.) (2004) Human Paleoecology in the Levantine Corridor. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Goren-Inbar, N. and Sharon, G. (eds.) (2006) Axe Age: Acheulian Toolmaking – from Quarry to Discard. London: Equinox.

Rabinovich, R., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Kindler, L. and Goren-Inbar, N. (in press) The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov: Mammal Taphonomy - The Assemblages of Layers V-5 and V-6. Dordrecht: Springer.

Alperson-Afil, N. and Goren-Inbar, N. (forthcoming) The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov:

Ancient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire. Dordrecht: Springer.

Articles: (selected)

Bar-Yosef, O. and Goren, N. (1973) “Natufian remains in Hayonim Cave”, Paléorient, 1:49-68.

Goren, N. (1979) “An Upper Acheulian industry from the Golan Heights”, Quartär, 29-30:105-131.

Bar-Yosef, O. and Goren, N. (1980) “Afterthoughts following prehistoric surveys in the Levant”. Israel Exploration Journal, 30:1-16.

Goren, N. (1981) “The Lower Palaeolithic in Israel and adjacent countries”. In: Préhistoire du Levant, eds. P. Sanlaville and J. Cauvin. C.N.R.S. colloque 598, Lyon, pp. 193-205.

Goren, N. and Sultan, M. (1982) “Nouvelles fouilles aux environs de Kfar Menachem (Israel)”. Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française, 79-80:210-216.

Feraud, G., York, D., Hall, C. M., Goren, N. and Schwarcz, H. P. (1983) “40Ar/39Ar age limit for an Acheulian site in Israel (sample site: Berekhat Ram)”. Nature, 304 (5923):263-265.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1985) “The lithic assemblages of the Berekhat Ram Acheulian site, Golan Heights”, Paléorient, 11(1):7-28.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1985) “The open-air Mousterian site of Biqat Quneitra”, L’Anthropologie, 89(2):251-254.

Goren-Inbar, N., Perlman, I. and Heimann, A. (1986) “Chemical mapping of basalt flows at Palaeolithic sites”. Archaeometry, 28(1):89-99.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1986) “A figurine from the Acheulian site of Berekhat Ram”. Mitekufat Haeven, 19:7-12.

Davis, S. J. M., Rabinovich, R. and Goren-Inbar, N. (1988) “Animal remains from Biq‘at Quneitra: a Mousterian site on the Golan Heights”. Paléorient, 14(1):95-105.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1988) “Too small to be true? A reevaluation of cores on flakes in Levantine Mousterian assemblages”. Lithic Technology, 17(1):37-44.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1988) “Notes on ‘decision making by Lower and Middle Palaeolithic hominids”. Paléorient, 14(2):99-107.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1988) “The Lower Palaeolithic - Synthesis”. Paléorient, 14(2):109-111.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1989) “Typological characteristics of the Mousterian assemblage from Biq‘at Quneitra”. In: Investigations in South Levantine Prehistory (BAR International Series 497), eds. O. Bar-Yosef and B. Vandermeersch. BAR, Oxford, pp. 125-146.

Goren-Inbar, N. and Belitzky, S. (1989) “Structural position of the Pleistocene Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov site in the Dead Sea Rift Zone”. Quaternary Research, 31:371-376.

Goren-Inbar, N. (1990) “The basalt component of the Mousterian lithic assemblage from the Quneitra site (Area A)”. Cahiers du Quaternaire, 17:581-584.

Belitzky, S., Goren-Inbar, N. and Werker, E. (1991) “A Middle Pleistocene wooden plank with man-made polish”. Journal of Human Evolution, 20:349-353.

Goren-Inbar, N., Lewy, Z. and Kislev, M. E. (1991) “The taphonomy of a Jurassic bead-like fossil from an Acheulian occupation at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov (Jordan Valley, Israel)”. Rock Art Research, 8(2):133-136.