Palaeoenvironment of the Acheulian Gesher Benot Ya’aqov Pleistocene lacustrine strata, Northern Israel––lithology, ostracod assemblages and ostracod shell geochemistry

Rosenfeld, Amnon; Nathan, Y.; Feibel, Craig S.; Schilman, Bettina; Halicz, Ludwik; Goren‐Inbar, Naama; Siman-Tov, R

doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2003.10.008

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“…There is evidence for early Pleistocene fresh water-bodies in the northern Jordan valley (i.e., Erk-el-Ahmer and Ubedia Fms. ; Braun et al, 1991;Raab et al, 1997 and Gesher Benot Ya'aqov;Rosenfeld et al, 2004), but their stratigraphic relation to the lakes in the southern DSB is not clear.…”

Section: The Pleistocene Lake Amoramentioning

confidence: 99%

U-series and oxygen isotope chronology of the mid-Pleistocene Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin)

Torfstein

Haase-Schramm

Waldmann

et al. 2009

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

103

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Section: The Pleistocene Lake Amoramentioning

confidence: 99%

U-series and oxygen isotope chronology of the mid-Pleistocene Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin)

Torfstein

Haase-Schramm

Waldmann

et al. 2009

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

103

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“…A second possibility is that the intervening areas may have been made more easily habitable by other environmental factors. Climate change (a Type 1a explanation) may be relevant in crossings of the Sahara and the Arabian deserts, which have undergone periodic greening and extension of drainage networks during the Pleistocene (Osborne et al, 2008; Petraglia et al, Rosenfeld et al (2004) Treugol'naya cave, Russia…”

Section: Mapping Landscapes and Dispersal Routesmentioning

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Evolution and dispersal of the genus Homo : A landscape approach

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King

et al. 2015

Journal of Human Evolution

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“…Unlike many potential migration-hunting sites, the migratory animals are not the only resource (Goren-Inbar et al, 1992Shoshani et al, 2001;Rosenfeld et al, 2004;. Because of its lake-side / riverine location, non-migratory animals (pigs, fallow deer, even hippopotamus) were available locally, so that hominin groups arriving to exploit the spring or autumn herd migration could not only support themselves while they waited, but support themselves if the migration, for whatever reason, failed to materialise (Rabinovich and Biton, 2011).…”

Section: Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (Gby)mentioning

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Hominin reactions to herbivore distribution in the Lower Palaeolithic of the Southern Levant

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Sturdy²,

Godet³

et al. 2014

Quaternary Science Reviews

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We explore the relationship between the edaphic potential of soils and the mineral properties of the underlying geology as a means of mapping the differential productivity of different areas of the Pleistocene landscape for large herbivores. These factors strongly control the health of grazing animals irrespective of the particular types of vegetation growing on them, but they have generally been neglected in palaeoanthropological studies in favour of a more general emphasis on water and vegetation, which provide an incomplete picture. Taking the Carmel-Galilee-Golan region as an example, we show how an understanding of edaphic potential provides insight into how animals might have exploited the environment. In order to simplify the analysis, we concentrate on the Lower Palaeolithic period and the very large animals that dominate the archaeofaunal assemblages of this period. Topography and the ability of soils to retain water also contribute to the differential productivity and accessibility of different regions and to patterns of seasonal movements of the animals, which are essential to ensure a supply of healthy fodder throughout the year, especially for large animals such as elephants, which require substantial regions of good grazing and browsing. Other animals migrating in groups have similar needs. The complex topography of the Southern Levant with frequent sudden and severe changes in gradient, and a wide variety of landforms including rocky outcrops, cliffs, gorges, and ridges, places major limits on these patterns of seasonal movements. We develop methods of mapping these variables, based on the geology and our substantial field experience, in order to create a framework of landscape variation that can be compared with the locations and contents of archaeological sites to suggest ways in which early hominins used the variable features of the landscape to target animal prey, and extend the analysis to the consideration of smaller mammals that were exploited more intensively after the disappearance of the elephants. We consider some of the ways in which this regional-scale approach can be further tested and refined, and advocate the development of such studies as an essential contribution to understanding the wider pattern of hominin dispersal.

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Palaeoenvironment of the Acheulian Gesher Benot Ya’aqov Pleistocene lacustrine strata, Northern Israel––lithology, ostracod assemblages and ostracod shell geochemistry

Cited by 28 publications

References 19 publications

U-series and oxygen isotope chronology of the mid-Pleistocene Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin)

U-series and oxygen isotope chronology of the mid-Pleistocene Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin)

Evolution and dispersal of the genus Homo : A landscape approach

Hominin reactions to herbivore distribution in the Lower Palaeolithic of the Southern Levant

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