The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Volume II
Ancient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire
The manipulation of fire by early hominins was a turning point in our evolutionary history. Once domesticated, fire provided warmth, light and protection from predators, as well as enabling the exploitation of a new range of foods. This book presents the spatial 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 (GBY). Clusters of burned flint, interpreted as the remnants of hearths, occur throughout the entire occupational sequence of the site. The fact that fire is repetitively used suggests that the knowledge of fire-making and the…
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Weitere Autoren: Goren-Inbar, Naama
- ISBN: 978-90-481-3765-7
- EAN: 9789048137657
- Produktnummer: 13965748
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 120 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'774 KB
- Auflage: 2010
- Abbildungen: 82 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
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.
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