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Title The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov. Volume III, Mammalian taphonomy. The assemblages of layers V-5 and V-6 / by Rivka Rabinovich [and others]
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xlii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology, 1877-9077
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ACHEULIAN SITE OF GESHER BENOT YA'AQOV -- 3. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY -- 4. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY -- 5. TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS -- 6. RECONSTRUCTING SITE-FORMATION PROCESSES AT GBY -- THE EXPERIMENTS -- 7. A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TAPHONOMIC HISTORY OF GBY -- 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Summary 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
Analysis Geography
Paleontology
Ecology
Vertebrates
Archaeology
Earth Sciences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Acheulian culture -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site
Mammal remains (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site
Taphonomy.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Acheulian culture
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mammal remains (Archaeology)
Taphonomy
SUBJECT Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site (Israel) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011287
Subject Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site
Form Electronic book
Author Rabinovich, Rivka
ISBN 9789400721593
9400721595
Other Titles Mammalian Taphonomy : the assemblages of layers V-5 and V-6