Spatial organization of hominin activities at gesher benot ya'aqov, Israel

Nira Alperson-Afil; Gonen Sharon; Mordechai Kislev; Yoel Melamed; Irit Zohar; Shosh Ashkenazi; Rivka Rabinovich; Rebecca Biton; Ella Werker; Gideon Hartman; Craig Feibel; Naama Goren-Inbar

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Spatial organization of hominin activities at gesher benot ya'aqov, Israel

Nira Alperson-Afil^*, Gonen Sharon, Mordechai Kislev, Yoel Melamed, Irit Zohar, Shosh Ashkenazi, Rivka Rabinovich, Rebecca Biton, Ella Werker, Gideon Hartman, Craig Feibel, Naama Goren-Inbar

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The spatial designation of discrete areas for different activities reflects formalized conceptualization of a living space. The results of spatial analyses of a Middle Pleistocene Acheulian archaeological horizon (about 750,000 years ago) at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, indicate that hominins differentiated their activities (stone knapping, tool use, floral and faunal processing and consumption) across space. These were organized in two main areas, including multiple activities around a hearth. The diversity of human activities and the distinctive patterning with which they are organized implies advanced organizational skills of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov hominins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1677-1680
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	326
Issue number	5960
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1180695
State	Published - 18 Dec 2009

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