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Mohamed Sahnouni

Social Sciences · Indiana University

Publications

72

Citations

1,174

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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Mohamed Sahnouni studies the earliest human presence in North Africa, focusing on Stone Age (Paleolithic) archaeological sites in Algeria such as Ain Boucherit and Ain Hanech. His work combines the analysis of ancient stone tools with dating techniques and studies of fossil animals and sediments to reconstruct how early humans lived and when they first occupied the region. Much of his research pushes back the timeline for the earliest known human activity in North Africa.

Early Stone Age (Oldowan/Acheulean) archaeologyEarly human occupation of North AfricaStone tool (lithic) analysisGeochronology and dating of archaeological sitesFossil fauna and paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Publication activity has slowed over the last decade, dropping from around eight papers per year in 2017-2018 to roughly one to three in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
2017: 8 publications8172018: 8 publications8182019: 7 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications23242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)×5
  • Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)×2
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×2
  • Science×1
  • Quaternary Science Reviews×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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