Articles in peer reviewed journals Berna F., Goldberg P., Kolska Horwitz L., Brink J., Holt S., Bamford M. Chazan M. (2012) “Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117620109) Poduska K.M., Regev L., Berna F., Mintz E., Milevski I., Khalaily H., Weiner S., Boaretto E. (2012) “Plaster characterization at the PPNB site of Yiftahel (Israel) including the use of 14C: implications for plaster production, preservation and dating” Radiocarbon (in press) Goldberg P., Dibble H.L., Berna F., Sandgathe D., McPherron S.P., Turq A. (2012) "New Evidence on Neandertal Use of Fire: Examples from Roc de Marsal and Pech de l'Azé IV" Quaternary International 247 : 325-340 Albert R.M., Berna F., Goldberg P. (2012) "Insights on Neanderthal Fire Use at Kebara Cave (Israel) through high Resolution Study of Prehistoric Combustion Features: evidence from phytoliths and thin sections" Quaternary International 247: 278-293 Wadley L., Sievers C.,
Bamford M., Goldberg P., Berna F., Miller C. (2011) “Middle Stone Age
bedding construction and settlement patterns at Sibudu, South Africa” Science 334: 1388-1391 Ferring R., Oms O., Augusti J., Berna F., Nioradze M., Shelia T., Tappen M., Vekua A., Zhvania D., and Lordkipanidze D.
(2011) “Earliest human occupations at Dmanisi (Georgian Caucasus) dated to
1.85-1.78 Ma” Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science 108(26): 10432-10436 Goldberg P. & Berna F., (2010) "Micromorphology and Context" Quaternary International 214: 56-62
Matarazzo T., Berna F., Goldberg P. (2010) " Occupation surfaces sealed by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius at the Early Bronze Age village of Afragola in southern Italy: A micromorphological analysis" Geoarchaeology 25 (4): 437-466
Goldberg P., Berna F., Macphail R. (2009) Comment on "DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America" Science 325 : 148c
Dibble H.L., Berna F., Goldberg P., McPherron S.P., Mentzer S., Niven L., Richter D., Sandgathe D., Théry-Parisot I., Turq A. (2009) "A Preliminary Report on Pech de l'Azé IV, Layer 8 (Middle Paleolithic, France)" Palaeoanthropology 2009:182-219 Goldberg P., Miller C., Shiegl S., Ligouis B., Berna F., Conard N.J., Wadley L. (2009) Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, Archaeol. Anthropol. Sci.1 (2): 95-122
Borojevic K., Forenbaher S., Kaiser T., Berna F. (2008) “Plant use at Grapceva Spilja on the island of Hvar Kroatia”, Journal of Field Archaeology 33 (3): 279-303
Berna F. & Goldberg P. (2007) "Assessing Paleolithic pyrotechnology and associated hominin behavior in Israel", Israel Journal of Earth Science 56 : 107-121
Berna F., Behar A., Shahack-Gross R., Berg J., Zorn J., Boaretto E., Gilboa A., Sharon I., Shalev S., Silshtein S., and Weiner S. (2007) “Sediments Exposed to High Temperatures: Reconstructing Pyrotechnological Practices in Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tel Dor (Israel)” Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 358-373
Karkanas P., Koumouzelis M., Kozlowksi J.K., Sitlivy V., Sobczyk K., Berna F. and Weiner S. (2004) “Aurignacian clay hearth structures in Kleisoura cave 1, southern Greece: the earliest evidence of clay use” Antiquity 78 (301), 513-525
Shahack-Gross R., Berna F., Karkanas P., and Weiner S. (2004) “Bat guano and preservation of archaeological remains in cave sites” Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 1259-1272
Berna F., Matthews A. and Weiner S. (2004) “Solubilities of Bone Mineral from Archaeological Sites: the Recrystallization Window” Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 867-882
Corti G., Ugolini F.C., Agnelli A., Certini G., Cuniglio R., Berna F., Sajurjo Fernandez M. (2002). “The soil skeleton, a forgotten pool of organic carbon and total nitrogen in soil”. European Journal of Soil Science 53 (2), 283-298
Berna F., Corti G., Ugolini F.C., Agnelli A. (2000). Assessment of the role of rock fragments in the retention of Cadmium and Lead in irrigated arid stony soils. Annali di Chimica, 90 : 209-218
Articles in Monographs and Books
Berna F. (2012) “Hearths and Combustion Features” In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology A. Gilbert (ed.) Springer, New York (in preparation) Berna F. (2012) “FTIR” In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology A. Gilbert (ed.) Springer New York (in press) Berna F. (2012) “Raman” In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology A. Gilbert (ed.) Springer New York (in press) Berna F. “Bone alteration and diagenesis” (2010). In: Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage. An Introduction to the Application of Materials Science to Archaeometry and Conservation Science (G. Artioli), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 364-367 Berna F., Goldberg P., Crowther J., Oldfield F., Hovers E., (2009) “Investigating a rubified sedimentological feature in A.L. 894 (Hadar, Ethiopia)”, Journal of Human Evolution Special Issue (submitted)
Toffolo M., Berna F. (2008): Analisi micromorfologica, FTIR e XRD. In: Gelichi S., Piuzzi F., Cianciosi A. (eds), “Sachuidic presso Forni Superiore”. Ricerche archeologiche in un castello della Carnia, Edizioni all’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, 50-55
Weiner, S., Berna, F., Cohen, I., Shahack-Gross, R., Albert, R.M., Karkanas, P., Meignen, L. & Bar-Yosef, O. (2007) “Mineral distributions in Kebara Cave: diagenesis and its affect on the archaeological record” In: Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel - The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archaeology - Part I (Eds O. Bar-Yosef and L. Meignen), American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletin 49 - Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 131-146
Articles in acts and proceedings
Miller C.E., Conard N.J., Goldberg P., Berna F. (2010) "Dumping, sweeping and trampling: experimental micromorphological analysis of anthropogenically modified combustion features" In: Acts of the Taphonomy of organic burned residues and combustion structures in archaeological context, CEPAM Valbonne (France) 27th-28th May 2008, P@lethnologie 2010.2, 25-37
Boaretto E., Barkai R., Gopher A., Berna F., Kubik P.W., Weiner S. (2009) "Specialized Flint Procurement Strategies for Hand Axes, Scrapers and Blades in the Late Lower Paleolithic: A 10^Be Study at Qesem Cave, Israel". Human Evolution 24 (1), 1-12
Fabiano M., Berna F., Borzatti von Lowenstern E. (2004). “Pre-Pottery Neolithic Amazonite Beads-Workshops in Southern Jordan”. In: Acts of the XIVth World Congress of the Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), Secrétariat du Congrès (eds), Liege (Belgium), 2nd-8th September 2001. BAR International Series 1303, 265-275
Sozzi M., Berna F, & Vannucci S. (2004). “Petrography and geochemistry of the lithic industry from the Acheulan site Cimitero di Atella (Potenza, Southern Italy)”. In: Acts of the XIVth World Congress of the Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), Secrétariat du Congrès (Eds), Liege (Belgium), 2nd-8th September 2001. BAR International Series 1270, 75-84
Berna F., Corti G., Ugolini F.C., Agnelli A (2002). “Frazionamento del Cadmio e del Piombo adsorbiti dallo scheletro di un aridisuolo coltivato in Giordania”. In Proceedings of the 17th National Congress of the Italian Society of Agriculture Chemistry (SICA). Portoferraio, Lakehorn (Italy), Sept 29th - Oct 1st 1999, 431-438
Academic Dissertations
Berna F. (2000) Il ruolo dei frammenti rocciosi nella ritenzione di metalli pesanti in suoli coltivati di zone a clima arido. Tesi di Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Ambientali, Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze (Florence)- Italy Berna F. (1995) Il processo di Neolitizzazione del Levante. Il villaggio del Neolitico Pre-Ceramico di Jebel Ragref in Giordania Meridionale. Tesi di Laurea, Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze (Florence)- Italy
Articles in not peer reviewed journals
Chazan M., Wilkins J., Morris D., Berna F. (2012) “Bestwood 1: A Newly Discovered Earlier Stone Age Living Surface Near Kathu, Northern Cape Province, South Africa” Antiquity 86 – 331 – March 2012 Project Gallery Angelotti M. and Berna F. (2000). "L’industria litica del villaggio neolitico preceramico di Jebel Arga (Giordania meridionale)". Studi Ecologia del Quaternario 22, 29-62
Berna F. (1997) “Testimonianze architettoniche a Jebel Ragref (Giordania meridionale)” Studi Ecologia del Quaternario 19, 35-42.
Berna F. (1995) “La lavorazione dell'amazzonite nel villaggio del Neolitico Pre-Ceramico di Jebel Ragref (Giordania meridionale)” Studi Ecologia del Quaternario 17, 41-45
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