Abstract
A recently discovered eight-meter-thick open-air sequence at Nesher Ramla (Israel), dated by OSL to 1 and 7 ± 11 - 78 ± 6 ka, provides new evidence regarding Middle Paleolithic adaptations during MIS 6 and 5. The site is located in a karst depression formed by gravitational deformation and sagging into underground voids. The site formation involved episodic deposition of eroded soils, water-logging and pedogenesis, interbedded with human occupation. Such a geomorphological context and formation processes are profoundly different from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic cave and open-air sites. Excavations yielded exceptionally large and well-preserved lithic and faunal assemblages, different types of combustion features, hominin-induced concentrations of lithics, bones and manuports and ochre. The eight-meter-thick archaeological sequence was divided into six stratigraphic units, in which several horizons and distinct concentrations of lithics and bones were identified.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Suyanggae and Her Neighbours in Haifa, Israel |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 20th (1) Congress June 21-28, 2015 |
| Publisher | Archaeopress |
| Pages | 36 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781784915391 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781784915384 |
| State | Published - 13 Feb 2017 |
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