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78
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473

Overview

Paul Goldberg is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with notable contributions to Anthropology, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Archaeology.

The scientist's work frequently appears in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). Among their recent papers are:

  • "A Third Neanderthal Individual from La Ferrassie Dated to the End of the Middle Palaeolithic" (2022) published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through palaeoproteomics" (2025) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research topics cover a broad range within archaeological and geological sciences, including:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Marine and environmental studies

Paul Goldberg often collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include Dennis Sandgathe, Alain Turq, Vera Aldeias, Panagiotis Karkanas, and Rolfe D. Mandel, each contributing to multiple shared publications.

Best Publications

  • Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology

    Marie Agnes Courty;Paul Goldberg;Richard Macphail

  • Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene

    Curtis W. Marean;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Jocelyn Bernatchez;Erich Fisher

  • Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa

    Francesco Berna;Paul Goldberg;Liora Kolska Horwitz;James Brink

  • Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa : Preliminary report on the 1992-1999 excavations of the Middle Stone Age levels

    C.S. Henshilwood;J.C. Sealy;R. Yates;K. Cruz-Uribe

  • Early Pottery at 20,000 Years Ago in Xianrendong Cave, China

    Xiaohong Wu;Chi Zhang;Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg;David Cohen

  • Diagenesis in Prehistoric Caves: the Use of Minerals that Form In Situ to Assess the Completeness of the Archaeological Record

    Panagiotis Karkanas;Ofer Bar-Yosef;Paul Goldberg;Steve Weiner

  • Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg;Christopher E. Miller;Solveig Schiegl;Bertrand Ligouis

  • The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel

    O. Bar-Yosef;B. Vandermeersch;B. Arensburg;A. Belfer-Cohen

  • Thermoluminescence dates for the Neanderthal burial site at Kebara in Israel

    H. Valladas;J. L. Joron;G. Valladas;B. Arensburg

  • Middle Stone Age Bedding Construction and Settlement Patterns at Sibudu, South Africa

    Lyn Wadley;Christine Sievers;Marion K Bamford;Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg

  • Ash deposits in Hayonim and Kebara caves, Israel : Macroscopic, microscopic and mineralogical observations, and their archaeological implications

    Solveig Schiegl;Paul Goldberg;Ofer Bar-Yosef;Steve Weiner

  • The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Üçağızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey)

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;Erksin Güleç;Ismail Özer

  • ESR dates for the hominid burial site of Es Skhul in Israel

    C. B. Stringer;R. Grün;H. P. Schwarcz;P. Goldberg

  • Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe

    Marie Soressi;Shannon P. McPherron;Michel Lenoir;Tamara Dogandzic

  • Evidence for the use of fire at zhoukoudian, china

    Steve Weiner;Qinqi Xu;Paul Goldberg;Jinyi Liu

  • Early Upper Paleolithic in Eastern Europe and Implications for the Dispersal of Modern Humans

    M. V. Anikovich;A. A. Sinitsyn;John F. Hoffecker;Vance T. Holliday

  • The exploitation of plant resources by Neanderthals in Amud Cave (Israel): The evidence from phytolith studies

    Marco Madella;Martin K. Jones;Paul Goldberg;Yuval Goren

  • Radiocarbon dating of charcoal and bone collagen associated with early pottery at Yuchanyan Cave, Hunan Province, China

    Elisabetta Boaretto;Elisabetta Boaretto;Xiaohong Wu;Jiarong Yuan;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Bone Preservation in Kebara Cave, Israel using On-Site Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

    Stephen Weiner;Paul Goldberg;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Micromorphology and context

    Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg;Francesco Berna

  • Three-dimensional Distribution of Minerals in the Sediments of Hayonim Cave, Israel: Diagenetic Processes and Archaeological Implications

    Steve Weiner;Paul Goldberg;Ofer Bar-Yosef

  • Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology: Goldberg/Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

    Paul Goldberg;Richard I. Macphail

  • The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at U ¨ çag ˘izli Cave (Hatay, Turkey)

    Steven L. Kuhn;Mary C. Stiner;Ismail Baykara;Paul Goldberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold L. Dibble
Harold L. Dibble University of Pennsylvania
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Ofer Bar-Yosef Harvard University
Shannon P. McPherron
Shannon P. McPherron Max Planck Society
Leslie Ann Goldberg
Leslie Ann Goldberg University of Oxford
Francesco Berna
Francesco Berna Simon Fraser University
Christos H. Papadimitriou
Christos H. Papadimitriou Columbia University
Anna Belfer-Cohen
Anna Belfer-Cohen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Edith Elkind
Edith Elkind University of Oxford
Vance T. Holliday
Vance T. Holliday University of Arizona
Zenobia Jacobs
Zenobia Jacobs University of Wollongong

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