Faunal analysis from Amud Cave: Preliminary results and interpretations

Rivka Rabinovich; Erella Hovers

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Faunal analysis from Amud Cave: Preliminary results and interpretations

Rivka Rabinovich^*, Erella Hovers

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Abstract

The Late Mousterian Neanderthal site of Amud Cave (dated ca. 70-55 kyr) is situated on the margins of the Dead Sea Rift, about 5 km northwest of the Sea of Galilee. Recent excavations at the site yielded rich lithic, faunal and human skeletal assemblages. This paper presents some characteristics of the faunal assemblages from Amud Cave, combined with pertinent results of taphonomic and micromorphological studies, and places them in the context of other Late Mousterian archaeofaunas in the southern Levant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-306
Number of pages	20
Journal	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Volume	14
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.762
State	Published - May 2004

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Amud Cave
Fauna
Levant
Mousterian
Neanderthal

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