The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Volume IV The Lithic Assemblages /

• Main Authors: Goren-Inbar, Naama (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Alperson-Afil, Nira (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sharon, Gonen (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Herzlinger, Gadi (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Paleontology .; Archaeology.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Geobiology.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biogeosciences.

This manuscript is the 4th Volume of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY) monograph sub-series. The goal of the book is to publish the lithic assemblages originating in the excavations of the Acheulian site at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY), Israel. The authors provide the readers with detailed desc...

Table of Contents:

• 1.-Introduction
• 2-Geology, stratigraphy & sedimentology of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov formation at the study area
• 3-Chronology and dating
• 4-Methodology
• 5-The archaeological horizons and their lithic assemblages
• 6-Thematic description, analyses and discussion of all major typo-technological classes
• 7-Discussion: the location of the GBY site within the old world cultural spheres, conclusions.