Erella Hovers

Erella Hovers is a senior lecturer in the Institute of Archeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She received her B.A., M.A. Cum Laude and Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude all from Hebrew University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Anthropology at Harvard University. Her field work has focused on the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant and on the Oldowan and Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa with emphasis on lithic technologies and land use patterns. She also studies the...See more

Erella Hovers is a senior lecturer in the Institute of Archeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She received her B.A., M.A. Cum Laude and Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude all from Hebrew University, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Anthropology at Harvard University. Her field work has focused on the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant and on the Oldowan and Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa with emphasis on lithic technologies and land use patterns. She also studies the evolution of modern cognitive systems and social behaviors through a archaeological context. Books by the same author: Transitions Before the Transition: Evolution and Stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age a Co-edited with S. L. Kuhn, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology See less