Alexander Tsatskin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3073514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Tsatskin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsatskin |
| SIGNATURE | TSATSKIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 292 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The earliest modern humans outside Africa
Earliest modern humans out of Africa Recent paleoanthropological studies have suggested that modern humans migrated from Africa as early as the beginning of the Late Pleistocene, 120,000 years ago. Hershkovitz et al. now suggest that early modern humans were already present outside of Africa more than 55,000 years earlier (see the Perspective by Stringer and Galway-Witham). During excavations of sediments at Mount Carmel, Israel, they found a fos…
Identification of “red ochre” in soil at Kfar HaHoresh Neolithic site, Israel: Magnetic measurements coupled with materials characterization
Soil‐Geomorphology and Micromorphology of a Natufian Depositional Record at El‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
The Natufian sequence at the site of el‐Wad Terrace (EWT) shows a complex depositional record derived from intertwined soil‐geomorphic and human processes. In order to identify site formation processes at EWT, we analyzed gravel composition, its distribution within the stratigraphic sequence, and micromorphology of both fine‐grained material and gravel rims. The fine deposits within the EWT sequence are magnetically enhanced anthropogenic sedimen…
A series of Mousterian occupations in a new type of site: The Nesher Ramla karst depression, Israel
Earliest floral grave lining from 13,700–11,700-y-old Natufian burials at Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel
Flowering plants possess mechanisms that stimulate positive emotional and social responses in humans. It is difficult to establish when people started to use flowers in public and ceremonial events because of the scarcity of relevant evidence in the archaeological record. We report on uniquely preserved 13,700–11,700-y-old grave linings made of flowers, suggesting that such use began much earlier than previously thought. The only potentially olde…
Geoarchaeological context of the later phases of Mousterian occupation (80–115 ka) at Nesher Ramla, Israel: Soil erosion, deposition and pedogenic processes
Composite projectiles and hafting technologies at Ohalo II (23 ka, Israel): Analyses of impact fractures, morphometric characteristics and adhesive remains on microlithic tools
Dating the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Levant: A view from Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
The 2010 and 2011 Seasons of Excavation at Raqefet Cave
DANI NADEL, AURORE LAMBERT, GABRIELLE BOSSET, FANNY BOCQUENTIN, DANNY ROSENBERG, REUVEN YESHURUN, LIOR WEISSBROD, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, NOGA BACHRACH, MIRYAM BAR-MATTHEWS, AVNER AYALON, YOSSI ZAIDNER, RON BEERI, HARRIS GREENBERG, דני נדל, אורורה למברט, גבריאלה בוסט, פאני בוקונטין, דני רוזנברג, ראובן ישורון, ליאור ויסברוד, אלכסנדר טסטקין, נגה בצ'רץ, מרים בר-מתיוס, אבנר איילון, יוסי זיידנר, רון בארי, האריס גרינברג, עונות החפירה 2010-2011 במערת רקפת /…
The Late Natufian at Raqefet Cave: The 2006 Excavation Season
Erratum: הנאטופית המאוחרת במערת רקפת: עונת החפירות של 2006 / The Late Natufian at Raqefet Cave: The 2006 Excavation Season, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ט (תש"ע, 2009), p. 4
The Matuyama/Brunhes boundary in loess sections in the south of the East European Plain and their correlation on the basis of palaeomagnetic and palaeopedologic data
The Raqefet Cave 2008 Excavation Season
The third season of the renewed project at Raqefet cave took place in the summer of 2008. In the first chamber additional Natufian human burials were exposed near the north wall of the cave. In the narrow crevice of Locus 1 and nearby, a total of 11 burials were so far excavated. This is indeed a very dense Natufian burial area. Furthermore, the Natufian layer to the east of Locus 1 is also rich with burials. Here (Locus 3) three burials have alr…
After 70 Years: New Excavations at The el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
MINA WEINSTEIN-EVRON, DANIEL KAUFMAN, NOGA BACHRACH, GUY BAR-OZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, SYLVIA CHAIM, DOTAN DRUCK, IRIS GROMAN-YAROSLAVSKI, ISRAEL HERSHKOVITZ, NATALY LIBER, DANNY ROSENBERG, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, LIOR WEISSBROD, מינה ווינשטיין-עברון, דניאל קאופמן, נגה בכרך, גיא בר-עוז, דניאלה א. בר-יוסף מאייר, סילביה חיים, דותן דרוק, איריס גרומן-ירוסלבסקי, ישראל הרשקוביץ, נטלי ליבר, דני רוזנברג, אלכסנדר צצין, ליאור וייסברוד, אחרי 70 שנה: חפיר…
Roxolany and Novaya Etuliya—key sections in the western Black Sea loess area: Magnetostratigraphy, rock magnetism, and paleopedology
Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
GYÖRGY LENGYEL, DANI NADEL, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, GUY BAR-OZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, RON BE'ERI, ISRAEL HERSHKOVITZ, Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ה (תשס"ו / 2005), pp. 245-270
Chronology of Pleistocene sedimentary cycles in the Carmel Coastal Plain of Israel
The Ohalo II 2001 Season of Excavation: A Preliminary Report
DANI NADEL, DANIELA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, MIRIAM BELMAKER, ELISABETTA BOARETTO, MORDECHAI E. KISLEV, ISRAERL HERSHKOVITZ, RIVKA RABINOVICH, ORIT SIMCHONI, TAL SIMMONS, EHUD WEISS, IRIT ZOHAR, GIL EMMER, TUGAN GHRAIEB, UDI GRINBERG, POLINA SPIVAK, LIOR WEISSBROD, YOSSI ZAIDNER, דני נדל, אלכסנדר צצקין, דניאלה בר-יוסף מאיר, מרים בלמקר, מרדכי א. כסלו, ישראל הרשקוביץ, רבקה רבינוביץ, אורית שימחוני, טל סימונס, אהוד וייס, עירית זוהר, גי…
Formation processes at the Ohalo II submerged prehistoric campsite, Israel, inferred from soil micromorphology and magnetic susceptibility studies
Soil‐geomorphic analysis coupled with micromorphology, SEM/EDS, magnetic susceptibility, and conventional sedimentological studies allowed us to reconstruct the site formation history and validate the archaeologically observed variability of human activities in the prehistoric camp of Ohalo II (19.5 ka B.P.), Sea of Galilee, Israel. The cultural layers rest upon the Late Pleistocene Lake Lisan deposits that accumulated under conditions of changin…
Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel
The Ohalo II 1999-2000 Seasons of Excavation: A Preliminary Report
DANI NADEL, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, DANIELA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, MIRIAM BELMAKER, ELIZABETTA BOARETTO, MORDECHAI E. KISLEV, ISRAERL HERSHKOVITZ, RIVKA RABINOVICH, TAL SIMMONS, UDI WEISS, IRIT ZOHAR, OMAR ASFUR, GIL EMMER, TUGAN GHRAIEB, EHUD GRINBERG, HANAN HALABI, LIOR WEISSBROD, YOSSI ZAIDNER, דני נדל, אלכסנדר צצקין, דניאלה בר-יוסף מאייר, מרים בלמייקר, אליזבטה בוארטו, מרדכי כסלו, ישראל הרשקוביץ, רבקה רבינוביץ, טל סימונס, אודי וייס, עירית זוהר, עומר …
Chronostratigraphy of aeolianites from the Sharon Coastal Plain of Israel
New data on the Geology and Geochronology of the Lower Palaeolithic Site Bizat Ruhama in the Southern Levant
The Bizat Ruhama site in the Northern Negev, Israel, has been first excavated in 1996. But geological observation of this site section began in 1995. The results obtained by geological and geophysical methods are discussed in this paper. New paleoma- gnetic data permit to date the cultural layer at Bizat Ruhama at the Matuyama epoch (0,85-0,99 My). Artifacts that belong to the Matuyama epoch differ from the others by their small sizes
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period: A Study of the Sediments and Phytoliths
The Jamal cave is not empty: Recent discoveries in the Mount Carmel caves, Israel
La grotte de Jamal, dans le Mont Carmel, comprend peu de matériel lithique du Paléolithique ancien et moyen. L'élude géologique et les analyses micromorphologiques indiquent un mode de déposition complexe, ainsi que des processus post-dépositionnels intenses et de longue durée, essentiellement érosion et effondrement karstique. Les fluctuations du niveau édaphique semblent avoir joué un rôle majeur dans l'histoire géologique de la grotte. Toute d…
Dating the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Levant: A view from Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period: A Study of the Sediments and Phytoliths
A series of Mousterian occupations in a new type of site: The Nesher Ramla karst depression, Israel
Composite projectiles and hafting technologies at Ohalo II (23 ka, Israel): Analyses of impact fractures, morphometric characteristics and adhesive remains on microlithic tools
Geoarchaeological context of the later phases of Mousterian occupation (80–115 ka) at Nesher Ramla, Israel: Soil erosion, deposition and pedogenic processes
New data on the Geology and Geochronology of the Lower Palaeolithic Site Bizat Ruhama in the Southern Levant
The Bizat Ruhama site in the Northern Negev, Israel, has been first excavated in 1996. But geological observation of this site section began in 1995. The results obtained by geological and geophysical methods are discussed in this paper. New paleoma- gnetic data permit to date the cultural layer at Bizat Ruhama at the Matuyama epoch (0,85-0,99 My). Artifacts that belong to the Matuyama epoch differ from the others by their small sizes
Formation processes at the Ohalo II submerged prehistoric campsite, Israel, inferred from soil micromorphology and magnetic susceptibility studies
Soil‐geomorphic analysis coupled with micromorphology, SEM/EDS, magnetic susceptibility, and conventional sedimentological studies allowed us to reconstruct the site formation history and validate the archaeologically observed variability of human activities in the prehistoric camp of Ohalo II (19.5 ka B.P.), Sea of Galilee, Israel. The cultural layers rest upon the Late Pleistocene Lake Lisan deposits that accumulated under conditions of changin…
Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel
The Jamal cave is not empty: Recent discoveries in the Mount Carmel caves, Israel
La grotte de Jamal, dans le Mont Carmel, comprend peu de matériel lithique du Paléolithique ancien et moyen. L'élude géologique et les analyses micromorphologiques indiquent un mode de déposition complexe, ainsi que des processus post-dépositionnels intenses et de longue durée, essentiellement érosion et effondrement karstique. Les fluctuations du niveau édaphique semblent avoir joué un rôle majeur dans l'histoire géologique de la grotte. Toute d…
The Raqefet Cave 2008 Excavation Season
The third season of the renewed project at Raqefet cave took place in the summer of 2008. In the first chamber additional Natufian human burials were exposed near the north wall of the cave. In the narrow crevice of Locus 1 and nearby, a total of 11 burials were so far excavated. This is indeed a very dense Natufian burial area. Furthermore, the Natufian layer to the east of Locus 1 is also rich with burials. Here (Locus 3) three burials have alr…
Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
GYÖRGY LENGYEL, DANI NADEL, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, GUY BAR-OZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, RON BE'ERI, ISRAEL HERSHKOVITZ, Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ה (תשס"ו / 2005), pp. 245-270
Identification of “red ochre” in soil at Kfar HaHoresh Neolithic site, Israel: Magnetic measurements coupled with materials characterization
Soil‐Geomorphology and Micromorphology of a Natufian Depositional Record at El‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
The Natufian sequence at the site of el‐Wad Terrace (EWT) shows a complex depositional record derived from intertwined soil‐geomorphic and human processes. In order to identify site formation processes at EWT, we analyzed gravel composition, its distribution within the stratigraphic sequence, and micromorphology of both fine‐grained material and gravel rims. The fine deposits within the EWT sequence are magnetically enhanced anthropogenic sedimen…
The Jamal cave is not empty: Recent discoveries in the Mount Carmel caves, Israel
La grotte de Jamal, dans le Mont Carmel, comprend peu de matériel lithique du Paléolithique ancien et moyen. L'élude géologique et les analyses micromorphologiques indiquent un mode de déposition complexe, ainsi que des processus post-dépositionnels intenses et de longue durée, essentiellement érosion et effondrement karstique. Les fluctuations du niveau édaphique semblent avoir joué un rôle majeur dans l'histoire géologique de la grotte. Toute d…
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period: A Study of the Sediments and Phytoliths
New data on the Geology and Geochronology of the Lower Palaeolithic Site Bizat Ruhama in the Southern Levant
The Bizat Ruhama site in the Northern Negev, Israel, has been first excavated in 1996. But geological observation of this site section began in 1995. The results obtained by geological and geophysical methods are discussed in this paper. New paleoma- gnetic data permit to date the cultural layer at Bizat Ruhama at the Matuyama epoch (0,85-0,99 My). Artifacts that belong to the Matuyama epoch differ from the others by their small sizes
The Ohalo II 1999-2000 Seasons of Excavation: A Preliminary Report
DANI NADEL, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, DANIELA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, MIRIAM BELMAKER, ELIZABETTA BOARETTO, MORDECHAI E. KISLEV, ISRAERL HERSHKOVITZ, RIVKA RABINOVICH, TAL SIMMONS, UDI WEISS, IRIT ZOHAR, OMAR ASFUR, GIL EMMER, TUGAN GHRAIEB, EHUD GRINBERG, HANAN HALABI, LIOR WEISSBROD, YOSSI ZAIDNER, דני נדל, אלכסנדר צצקין, דניאלה בר-יוסף מאייר, מרים בלמייקר, אליזבטה בוארטו, מרדכי כסלו, ישראל הרשקוביץ, רבקה רבינוביץ, טל סימונס, אודי וייס, עירית זוהר, עומר …
Chronostratigraphy of aeolianites from the Sharon Coastal Plain of Israel
The Ohalo II 2001 Season of Excavation: A Preliminary Report
DANI NADEL, DANIELA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, MIRIAM BELMAKER, ELISABETTA BOARETTO, MORDECHAI E. KISLEV, ISRAERL HERSHKOVITZ, RIVKA RABINOVICH, ORIT SIMCHONI, TAL SIMMONS, EHUD WEISS, IRIT ZOHAR, GIL EMMER, TUGAN GHRAIEB, UDI GRINBERG, POLINA SPIVAK, LIOR WEISSBROD, YOSSI ZAIDNER, דני נדל, אלכסנדר צצקין, דניאלה בר-יוסף מאיר, מרים בלמקר, מרדכי א. כסלו, ישראל הרשקוביץ, רבקה רבינוביץ, אורית שימחוני, טל סימונס, אהוד וייס, עירית זוהר, גי…
Formation processes at the Ohalo II submerged prehistoric campsite, Israel, inferred from soil micromorphology and magnetic susceptibility studies
Soil‐geomorphic analysis coupled with micromorphology, SEM/EDS, magnetic susceptibility, and conventional sedimentological studies allowed us to reconstruct the site formation history and validate the archaeologically observed variability of human activities in the prehistoric camp of Ohalo II (19.5 ka B.P.), Sea of Galilee, Israel. The cultural layers rest upon the Late Pleistocene Lake Lisan deposits that accumulated under conditions of changin…
Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel
Chronology of Pleistocene sedimentary cycles in the Carmel Coastal Plain of Israel
Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
GYÖRGY LENGYEL, DANI NADEL, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, GUY BAR-OZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, RON BE'ERI, ISRAEL HERSHKOVITZ, Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ה (תשס"ו / 2005), pp. 245-270
Roxolany and Novaya Etuliya—key sections in the western Black Sea loess area: Magnetostratigraphy, rock magnetism, and paleopedology
After 70 Years: New Excavations at The el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
MINA WEINSTEIN-EVRON, DANIEL KAUFMAN, NOGA BACHRACH, GUY BAR-OZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF MAYER, SYLVIA CHAIM, DOTAN DRUCK, IRIS GROMAN-YAROSLAVSKI, ISRAEL HERSHKOVITZ, NATALY LIBER, DANNY ROSENBERG, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, LIOR WEISSBROD, מינה ווינשטיין-עברון, דניאל קאופמן, נגה בכרך, גיא בר-עוז, דניאלה א. בר-יוסף מאייר, סילביה חיים, דותן דרוק, איריס גרומן-ירוסלבסקי, ישראל הרשקוביץ, נטלי ליבר, דני רוזנברג, אלכסנדר צצין, ליאור וייסברוד, אחרי 70 שנה: חפיר…
The Late Natufian at Raqefet Cave: The 2006 Excavation Season
Erratum: הנאטופית המאוחרת במערת רקפת: עונת החפירות של 2006 / The Late Natufian at Raqefet Cave: The 2006 Excavation Season, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ט (תש"ע, 2009), p. 4
The Matuyama/Brunhes boundary in loess sections in the south of the East European Plain and their correlation on the basis of palaeomagnetic and palaeopedologic data
The Raqefet Cave 2008 Excavation Season
The third season of the renewed project at Raqefet cave took place in the summer of 2008. In the first chamber additional Natufian human burials were exposed near the north wall of the cave. In the narrow crevice of Locus 1 and nearby, a total of 11 burials were so far excavated. This is indeed a very dense Natufian burial area. Furthermore, the Natufian layer to the east of Locus 1 is also rich with burials. Here (Locus 3) three burials have alr…
The 2010 and 2011 Seasons of Excavation at Raqefet Cave
DANI NADEL, AURORE LAMBERT, GABRIELLE BOSSET, FANNY BOCQUENTIN, DANNY ROSENBERG, REUVEN YESHURUN, LIOR WEISSBROD, ALEXANDER TSATSKIN, NOGA BACHRACH, MIRYAM BAR-MATTHEWS, AVNER AYALON, YOSSI ZAIDNER, RON BEERI, HARRIS GREENBERG, דני נדל, אורורה למברט, גבריאלה בוסט, פאני בוקונטין, דני רוזנברג, ראובן ישורון, ליאור ויסברוד, אלכסנדר טסטקין, נגה בצ'רץ, מרים בר-מתיוס, אבנר איילון, יוסי זיידנר, רון בארי, האריס גרינברג, עונות החפירה 2010-2011 במערת רקפת /…
Earliest floral grave lining from 13,700–11,700-y-old Natufian burials at Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel
Flowering plants possess mechanisms that stimulate positive emotional and social responses in humans. It is difficult to establish when people started to use flowers in public and ceremonial events because of the scarcity of relevant evidence in the archaeological record. We report on uniquely preserved 13,700–11,700-y-old grave linings made of flowers, suggesting that such use began much earlier than previously thought. The only potentially olde…
Geoarchaeological context of the later phases of Mousterian occupation (80–115 ka) at Nesher Ramla, Israel: Soil erosion, deposition and pedogenic processes
Composite projectiles and hafting technologies at Ohalo II (23 ka, Israel): Analyses of impact fractures, morphometric characteristics and adhesive remains on microlithic tools
Dating the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Levant: A view from Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
A series of Mousterian occupations in a new type of site: The Nesher Ramla karst depression, Israel
Identification of “red ochre” in soil at Kfar HaHoresh Neolithic site, Israel: Magnetic measurements coupled with materials characterization
Soil‐Geomorphology and Micromorphology of a Natufian Depositional Record at El‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
The Natufian sequence at the site of el‐Wad Terrace (EWT) shows a complex depositional record derived from intertwined soil‐geomorphic and human processes. In order to identify site formation processes at EWT, we analyzed gravel composition, its distribution within the stratigraphic sequence, and micromorphology of both fine‐grained material and gravel rims. The fine deposits within the EWT sequence are magnetically enhanced anthropogenic sedimen…
The earliest modern humans outside Africa
Earliest modern humans out of Africa Recent paleoanthropological studies have suggested that modern humans migrated from Africa as early as the beginning of the Late Pleistocene, 120,000 years ago. Hershkovitz et al. now suggest that early modern humans were already present outside of Africa more than 55,000 years earlier (see the Perspective by Stringer and Galway-Witham). During excavations of sediments at Mount Carmel, Israel, they found a fos…
Archaeology (21 works) · Geography (20 works) · Geology (20 works) · Paleontology (15 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 works) · Cave (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Excavation (6 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 works)