The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume III
Mammalian Taphonomy. The Assemblages of Layers V-5 and V-6| By: | Rivka Rabinovich; Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser; Lutz Kindler; Naama Goren-Inbar |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9789400721586 |
| eText ISBN: | 9789400721593 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Multidisciplinary research on the Early-Middle Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov has yielded abundant climatic, environmental, ecological and behavioral records. The 15 archaeological horizons form a sequence of Acheulian occupational episodes on the shore of the paleo-Lake Hula. These enable us to reconstruct numerous aspects of the survival and adaptation of ancient hominins, leading to a better understanding of their evolution and behavior. This book presents the faunal analyses of medium-sized and large mammals, providing taxonomic, taphonomic and actualistic data for the largest faunal assemblages. The study of modes of animal exploitation reveals valuable information on hominin behavior.