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Fire Use Traces

Fire Use Traces is an academic construct that refers to systematic evidence or indicators of intentional human fire utilization, distinguished by its role in identifying and interpreting the spatial, temporal, and functional patterns of fire use in archaeological and anthropological contexts.

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4.8K

Citations

242

Authors

156

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

29

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Publications

62

On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe

Wil Roebroeks, Paola Villa · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 686 citations

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Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean, Andy I.R. Herries et al. · Science · 2009 · 583 citations

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Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: Site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel

Panagiotis Karkanas, Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Avner Ayalon et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2007 · 333 citations

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Evidence from the Swartkrans cave for the earliest use of fire

C. K. Brain, A. Sillent · Nature · 1988 · 279 citations

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Early archaeological sites, hominid remains and traces of fire from Chesowanja, Kenya

J. A. J. Gowlett, John Harris, D. Walton et al. · Nature · 1981 · 236 citations

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Authors

242

  1. PG
    Paul Goldberg

    Boston University, United States

    6 publications · 565 citations

    6

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  2. JA
    J. A. J. Gowlett

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 553 citations

    4

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  3. WR
    Wil Roebroeks

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 833 citations

    4

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  4. JH
    John Harris

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    3 publications · 345 citations

    3

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  5. DR
    David R. Braun

    George Washington University, United States

    3 publications · 692 citations

    3

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Institutions

156

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    972 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    539 citations

  4. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    848 citations

  5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    498 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    183 citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    719 citations

  8. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    706 citations

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Venues

  1. Current Anthropology

    CA · 11 publications · 619 citations

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  3. Journal of Archaeological Science

    4 publications · 299 citations

    4

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  4. Quaternary Science Reviews

    3 publications · 174 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 3 publications · 491 citations

    3

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