The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya aqov
Ancient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book presents analyses of burned and unburned flint items which provide evidence for the controlled use of fire at the 790,000-year-old Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. It shows that fire was already in regular use some 800,000 years ago.
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This book presents analyses of burned and unburned flint items which provide evidence for the controlled use of fire at the 790,000-year-old Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. It shows that fire was already in regular use some 800,000 years ago.
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A View from Western Europe Most archaeologists would agree that the emergence of stone tool manufacture and the m- agement of fre are the two most signifcant events in the cultural evolution of early humans. The oldest known stone artifacts are securely dated to 2. 6-2. 5 Ma at several localities in Ethiopia; their association with ungulate remains and observations of cut marks prove that one of their main functions was for butchery (Domínguez-Rodrigo et al. 2005). The record of early stone tools from a number of sites in the time span 2. 5-2. 0 Ma is unequivocal; tool use and manufacture were a regular activity with evidence of planning, foresight and considerable technical skills (Delagnes and Roche 2005). In contrast, the timing of the human control of fre is not fully resolved and the antiquity of its habitual use has been debated until now. This book provides very strong evidence of the habitual use of fre by early humans at the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (Israel). The sedimentary sequence at the site is 34 m thick, and it represents different depositional environments, mainly beaches along the margins of a paleo-lake. The Matuyama-Brunhes chron boundary, dated to 0. 78 Ma, occurs in the lower part of the sequence.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1.1 THE EARLY EVIDENCE1.2 IDENTIFYING FIRE: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES1.3 THE ACHEULIAN SITE OF GESHER BENOT YA'AQOV CHAPTER 2: FRAMEWORK OF RESEARCH2.1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES2.2 HEARTH-RELATED SPATIAL PATTERNING2.3 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES2.4 METHODOLOGY CHAPTER 3: RESULTS3.1 LAYER V-53.2 LAYER V-63.3 LAYER I-43.4 LAYER I-53.5 LAYER II-2/33.6 LAYER II-53.7 LAYER II-5/63.8 LAYER II-6 L-13.9 LAYER II-6 L-23.10 LAYER II-6 L-33.11 LAYER II-6 L-43.12 LAYER II-6 L-4b3.13 LAYER II-6 L-53.14 LAYER II-6 L-63.15 LAYER II-6 L-7 CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS4.1 FIRE ECOLOGY4.2 USE OF FIRE AT GBY4.3 PATTERNS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND FIRE AT GBY4.4 PALEOLITHIC FIRE IN PERSPECTIVE4.5 CONCLUSIONS Appendix 1. BURNED AND UNBURNED FLINT; MICROARTIFACTSAppendix 2. WORKING METHODOLOGY FOR ARCMAP GIS FILESAppendix 3. DENSITY MAPSAppendix 4. PROBABILITY OF A NATURAL WILDFIRE AT GBYIndex of SitesSubject index
Autoren-Porträt von Nira Alperson-Afil, Naama Goren-Inbar
Nira Alperson-Afil and Naama Goren-Inbar both teach prehistoric archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their main research interest is the prehistory of the Levant, including technological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of our ancient ancestors.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Nira Alperson-Afil , Naama Goren-Inbar
- 2010, 2010, 120 Seiten, Masse: 21,5 x 28,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- ISBN-10: 9048137640
- ISBN-13: 9789048137640
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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