New discoveries at the Middle Pleistocene Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel

Auteurs :
GOREN-INBAR, N.
BELITZKY, S.
VEROSUB, K.
WERKER, E.
KISLEV, M.
HEIMANN, A.
CARMI, I.
ROSENFELD, A.

Description :
Archaeological excavation of three areas and two trenches at the new study area have produced abundant basalt, flint, and limestone artifacts, mammalian and avian fossils, and considerable plant material. The lithic materials provide an excellent opportunity to study large assemblages of in situ Acheulian artifacts, a rare phenomenon in the middle Pleistocene Levantine record. In addition, the organic materials will facilitate paleoenvironmental reconstructions from an ecological floral perspective.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1992, vol. 38, n°. 1, p. 117-128, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 28 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier