| The measurement and interpretation of cortex in lithic assemblages HL Dibble, UA Schurmans, RP Iovita, MV McLaughlin American Antiquity 70 (3), 545-560, 2005 | 219 | 2005 |
| Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages HL Dibble, SJ Holdaway, SC Lin, DR Braun, MJ Douglass, R Iovita, ... Journal of archaeological method and theory 24, 813-851, 2017 | 178 | 2017 |
| The handaxe reloaded: A morphometric reassessment of Acheulian and Middle Paleolithic handaxes R Iovita, SP McPherron Journal of human evolution 61 (1), 61-74, 2011 | 168 | 2011 |
| Shape variation in Aterian tanged tools and the origins of projectile technology: a morphometric perspective on stone tool function R Iovita PloS one 6 (12), e29029, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| The Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on volcanic ash dispersal and its potential impact on human evolution KE Fitzsimmons, U Hambach, D Veres, R Iovita PLoS One 8 (6), e65839, 2013 | 123 | 2013 |
| Projectile impact fractures and launching mechanisms: results of a controlled ballistic experiment using replica Levallois points R Iovita, H Schönekeß, S Gaudzinski-Windheuser, F Jäger Journal of Archaeological Science 48, 73-83, 2014 | 116 | 2014 |
| The relative effects of core surface morphology on flake shape and other attributes Z Rezek, S Lin, R Iovita, HL Dibble Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (6), 1346-1359, 2011 | 116 | 2011 |
| Comparing stone tool resharpening trajectories with the aid of elliptical Fourier analysis R Ioviţă New perspectives on old stones: Analytical approaches to Paleolithic …, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Reconstructing the origins and migrations of diasporic populations: The case of the European Gypsies RP Iovită, TG Schurr American anthropologist 106 (2), 267-281, 2004 | 89 | 2004 |
| Evidence for close-range hunting by last interglacial Neanderthals S Gaudzinski-Windheuser, ES Noack, E Pop, C Herbst, J Pfleging, ... Nature ecology & evolution 2 (7), 1087-1092, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Ontogenetic scaling and lithic systematics: method and application R Ioviţă Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (7), 1447-1457, 2009 | 86 | 2009 |
| Birch tar production does not prove Neanderthal behavioral complexity P Schmidt, M Blessing, M Rageot, R Iovita, J Pfleging, KG Nickel, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (36), 17707-17711, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| Loess accumulation in the Tian Shan piedmont: Implications for palaeoenvironmental change in arid Central Asia KE Fitzsimmons, T Sprafke, C Zielhofer, C Günter, JM Deom, R Sala, ... Quaternary international 469, 30-43, 2018 | 72 | 2018 |
| Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Stone Age weaponry R Iovita, K Sano Springer, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| High handaxe symmetry at the beginning of the European Acheulian: the data from la Noira (France) in context R Iovita, I Tuvi-Arad, MH Moncel, J Despriee, P Voinchet, JJ Bahain PLoS One 12 (5), e0177063, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| A chronological framework connecting the early Upper Palaeolithic across the Central Asian piedmont KE Fitzsimmons, R Iovita, T Sprafke, M Glantz, S Talamo, K Horton, ... Journal of Human evolution 113, 107-126, 2017 | 58 | 2017 |
| Identifying weapon delivery systems using macrofracture analysis and fracture propagation velocity: A controlled experiment R Iovita, H Schönekeß, S Gaudzinski-Windheuser, F Jäger Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Stone Age weaponry, 13-27, 2016 | 52 | 2016 |
| Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology Z Rezek, SJ Holdaway, DI Olszewski, SC Lin, M Douglass, S McPherron, ... Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 1-42, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| Ancient east Polynesian voyaging spheres: new evidence from the vitaria adze quarry (Rurutu, Austral Islands) BV Rolett, EW West, JM Sinton, R Iovita Journal of Archaeological Science 53, 459-471, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| The role of edge angle maintenance in explaining technological variation in the production of Late Middle Paleolithic bifacial and unifacial tools R Iovita Quaternary International 350, 105-115, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
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