Francesco Valletta

Francesco Valletta
University of Haifa | haifa · School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures

Doctor of Philosophy

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April 2024 - September 2024
University of Tübingen
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  • PostDoc Position
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  • Teach@Tuebingen postdoctoral fellow
July 2022 - December 2022
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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  • PostDoc Position
February 2014 - February 2021
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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  • PhD Student

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Publications (14)
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One important aspect affecting variability in core reduction technology is the degree of expertise of knappers. In the present paper, we show that, at the Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Nesher Ramla, the degree of expertise of ancient knappers played a major role in shaping the composition of the lithic assemblage. Using robust markers of kna...
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The study of artifacts is fundamental to archaeological research. The features of individual artifacts are recorded, analyzed, and compared within and between contextual assemblages. Here we present and make available for academic-use Artifact3-D, a new software package comprised of a suite of analysis and documentation procedures for archaeologica...
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Nineteen broken and complete bone fish hooks and six grooved stones recovered from the Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat in the Hula Valley of Israel represent the largest collection of fishing technology from the Epipaleolithic and Paleolithic periods. Although Jordan River Dureijat was occupied throughout the Epipaleolithic (~20–10 kya...
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A methodology for identifying prehistoric local learning communities is proposed. We wish to test possible relationships among communities based on continuity and variability in lithic reduction sequence technological traits with different visibility and malleability. Quantitative features reflecting different technological traits are measured on 3...
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In the Levant, the Epipalaeolithic is a long sequence of cultural entities dated between ca. 24,000 to 11,500 cal BP. Different Epipalaeolithic entities are mainly defined based on chronological and geographical patterns in the produced types of microliths. However, typological variability provides limited information on the dynamics of the local l...
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המעבדה לארכאולוגיה חישובית באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים מפתחת שיטות חישוביות מתקדמות ליישום במחקרים ארכאולוגיים .שילובן של שיטות מחקר מסורתיות עם הכלים הטכנולוגיים של המעבדה פותח צוהר לכיווני מחקר חדשניים, ומעניק ערך מוסף משמעותי לעבודתם של חוקרים בארץ ובעולם . המאמר שלפנינו מאגד ארבעה מחקרים של חברי המעבדה, העוסקים בהיבטים טכנולוגיים של ממצאים ארכא...
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Nel 2011 sono riprese le ricerche da parte dell'U-niversità di Ferrara nell'area delle Dolomiti Bellunesi. L'obiettivo delle indagini è quello di arricchire il quadro delle conoscenze sul popolamento preistorico del territorio, con particolare riferimento al periodo degli ultimi cacciatori-raccoglitori, nell'ottica di contestualizzare meglio l'impo...
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Small mammal fossil remains from Mondeval de Sora (VF1, sectors I and III) have been analyzed in order to allow a reconstruction of the environment surrounding the site throughout the Holocene. A taxonom- ic study has led to the identification of 14 species while statistics tools as Simpson index and Habitat Weighting method have been applied to ex...
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For more than 10,000 years between the peak of the Last Glacial Maximum and the beginning of the Holocene, people repeatedly returned to the same spot on the southern edge of Paleolake Hula in the Upper Jordan Valley to fish, hunt and exploit other aquatic or semi-aquatic resources at the Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat. Preliminary da...
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The edge angle of lithic tools is an important source of information on the intended function and the manufacturing technology of these artifacts. Yet, previously proposed procedures, both traditional and computer-based, can be flawed by ambiguity in the artifact positioning and in the choice of the points or surfaces defining the angle. A novel me...
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There is a paucity of Palaeolithic art in the southern Levant prior to 15 000 years ago. The Natufian culture (15 000–11 500 BP; Grosman 2013) marks a threshold in the magnitude and diversity of artistic manifestations (Bar-Yosef 1997). Nevertheless, depictions of the human form remain rare—only a few representations of the human face have been rep...
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Key words • Sauveterrian • Dolomites • lithic raw materials • reduction sequence • diachronical evolution Parole chiave • Sauveterriano • Dolomiti • materie prime litiche • sequenza operativa • evoluzione diacronica Summary The Mesolithic lithic assemblage of site VF1-sector III of Mondeval de Sora (BL, Italy). Economy, technology and typology. Sit...

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