Gonen Sharon

Biographic Data

ID99279
NAMEGonen Sharon
GIVEN NAMESGonen
FAMILY NAMESharon
SIGNATURESHARON G
AFFILIATIONSTel Hai Academic College
ORCID0000-0002-1226-2556
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS53
TOTAL CITATIONS818
WORKS AS AUTHOR53
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX11

  • Early Net Fishing at the Epipaleolithic Site of Jordan River Dureijat, Upper Jordan River, Israel

    Open AccessAnna-Marie Marko, E Cristiani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maritime Archaeology2026

    For more than 10,000 years (~ 20,000–10,000 BP), human groups repeatedly returned to the southern edge of Paleo-lake Hula in the Upper Jordan Valley to exploit aquatic resources at the Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat (JRD). Previous research has emphasized line fishing based on bone fishhooks and line weights. Here, we document additional fishing methods revealed by the systematic use of limestone cobbles as net sinkers. The limeston…

  • The influence of cognitive evolution on handaxe making skill in the Acheulean

    Open AccessAntoine Muller, Ceri Shipton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026References: 101

    Reconstructing the complex human behaviours that manifest in the Palaeolithic archaeological record remains an elusive but important challenge for capturing traces of how the human mind evolved. The roughly 1.5 million years of handaxe-making throughout the Acheulean provides a consistently preserved manifestation of hominin technological skills. Here, we analyse 1108 3D scans of handaxes from 12 sites in the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa a…

  • In the wake of David Gilead

    Natalia Gubenko, Gonen SharonARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2025

    Natalia Gubenko, נטליה גובנקו, Gonen Sharon, גונן שרון, In the wake of David Gilead - בעקבות דוד גלעד, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 7-28

  • Editors’ Foreword

    Dina Shalem, L K Horwitz et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2025

    Dina Shalem, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Uri Davidovich, Gonen Sharon, Editors’ Foreword - דבר העורכים, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 5-6

  • In Memoriam

    Uri Berger, Gonen SharonARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2025

    Uri Berger, אורי ברגר, Gonen Sharon, גונן שרון, Yosef (Yoske) Arbel (1939–2025) - יוסף (יוסק'ה) ארבל (1939-2025), Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 253-254

  • In Memoriam

    Omry Barzilai, Gonen Sharon et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2025

    Omry Barzilai, עומרי ברזילי, Gonen Sharon, גונן שרון, Natalia Gubenko, נטליה גובנקו, Miriam Belmaker, מרים בלמקר, Izy Merimsky and his collection from the site of ‘Ubeidiya - איזי מרימסקי והאוסף שלו מאתר עובדייה, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 259-267

  • Identifying a Knapping Signature for Lower Paleolithic Spheroid Reduction

    Open AccessDeborah Barsky, Robert Sala-Ramos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2025Cited by: 1References: 37

    Spheroids are Lower Paleolithic stone tools documented in African and Eurasian archeological sites ascribed to the later Oldowan and Acheulian cultural complexes. While reported since the 1960s, there is disagreement about how they were made, or whether their morphology resulted from non-intentional processes related to flake production or percussive activities. Recently, attention has turned towards resolving the issue of intentionality in spher…

  • The Skills of Handaxe Making

    Open AccessAntoine Muller, Gonen Sharon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2025Cited by: 8References: 22

    Observations about handaxe techno-morphology, like their symmetry, refinement, and fine edges have long been used to reconstruct the evolution of hominin cognition, skills, and technological decision making. However, these interpretations about the cognitive and technical abilities of Acheulean hominins often rely on the most ‘beautiful’ or supposedly ‘archetypical’ looking handaxes. But how often do these finely made handaxes actually occur in a…

  • Axe Age

    Naama Goren-Inbar, Gonen Sharon et al.BOOKAxe Age2024

  • The Late Lower Paleolithic Site of Evron Zinat

    Meir Finkel, Yoav Ben Dor et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2024

    Meir Finkel, מאיר פינקל, مئير فهنكل, Yoav Ben Dor, יואב בן דור, يوأف بن دور, Natalia Gubenko, נטליה גובנקו, نتاليا جوبينكو, Ofir Tirosh, אופיר תירטש, أوفير تيرطاش, Aviad Agam, אביעד אגם, أفيعاد أچام, Erez Ben-Yosef, ארז בן-יוסף, إيريز دن يوسف, Gonen Sharon, גונן שרון, وجونين شارون, The Late Lower Paleolithic Site of Evron Zinat - עברון-זינאת - אתר מסופה של התקופה הפליאוליתית התחתונה:, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / …

  • Implications of submonthly oxygen and carbon isotope variations in late Pleistocene Melanopsis shells for regional and local hydroclimate in the upper Jordan River valley

    Open AccessAddison Rice, Elizabeth Bunin et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2023

    Many water-stressed regions of the globe have a highly seasonal precipitation regime. However, seasonality in the past and under changing climates is little studied. Submonthly records of sclerochronological δ 18 O and δ 13 C values of Melanopsis shells from the Jordan River Dureijat archaeological site (JRD) in the upper Jordan River valley presented here document the hydrology of paleo-Lake Hula. These records were assessed for changes in seaso…

  • Radiometric dating of Southern Levant dolmens – Applying OSL to resolve an old debate

    Open AccessKristina S Reed, Uri Berger et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 2References: 6

  • Evidence for sophisticated raw material procurement strategies during the Lower Paleolithic—Hula Valley case study

    Open AccessMeir Finkel, Oded Bar et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2023Cited by: 3References: 30

    The Hula Valley has two key Acheulian sites: Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY), a large flake Acheulian site with hundreds of basalt bifaces and a significant number of flint handaxes, and Ma'ayan Barukh (MB), where more than 3500 flint handaxes were collected. Over the last one million years, the valley was filled by alluvium and basalt flows, devoid of flint sources suitable for handaxe production. We conducted archaeological and geological surveys co…

  • Big-game hunting during the late Middle Paleolithic in the Levant

    Open AccessAlla Yaroshevich, Maya Oron et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 3References: 59

  • In Search of The Acheulian Site of Ma’ayan Barukh

    Gonen Sharon, Antoine Muller et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2022Cited by: 2

    Gonen Sharon, גונן שרון, Antoine Muller, אנטואן מולר, Natalia Gubenko, נטליה גובנקו, In search of the Acheulian site of Ma’ayan Barukh - חיפוש אחר האתר האשלי במעיין ברוך, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ב (2022), pp. 6-31

  • Kela – A Middle Paleolithic flint extraction and reduction site in the northern Golan Heights

    Open AccessMeir Finkel, Avi Gopher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 5References: 16

  • Rock art in south Levantine dolmens

    Open AccessGonen Sharon, Uri BergerARTICLEAsian Archaeology2020Cited by: 2References: 26

  • Pleistocene amphibians and squamates from the Upper Jordan Rift Valley, Gesher Benot Ya’aqov and Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (MIS 20–18 and MIS 4/3)

    Open AccessRebecca Biton, Salvador Bailon et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019

    The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY) and the Mousterian site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO) are open-air sites situated on the bank of the Upper Jordan River at its southern estuary in the Hula Valley, Israel. Both sites were deposited on the shore of a paleo-Lake Hula, a shallow body of water that persisted throughout a considerable part of the Pleistocene as a fresh-water lake. Most of the amphibian and squamate taxa recovered are…

  • The Lithic Assemblages in Context

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • The Flint Component

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • The Site of Gesher Benot Yaʻaqov

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • History of Research

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • The Basalt Component

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • Methodology

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018

  • The Limestone Component

    Open AccessNaama Goren-Inbar, Nira Alperson-Afil et al.CHAPTERThe Acheulian Site of Gesher…2018