The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume III Mammalian Taphonomy. The Assemblages of Layers V-5 and V-6 /

• Main Authors: Rabinovich, Rivka (Author), Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine (Author), Kindler, Lutz (Author), Goren-Inbar, Naama (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Ecology.; Vertebrates.; Archaeology.; Earth Sciences.
• Physical Description: XLII, 270 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400721593
• ISSN: 1877-9077

Multidisciplinary research on the Early-Middle Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov has yielded abundant climatic, environmental, ecological and behavioral records. The 15 archaeological horizons form a sequence of Acheulian occupational episodes on the shore of the paleo-Lake Hula. These enable us to reconstruct numerous aspects of the survival and adaptation of ancient hominins, leading to a better understanding of their evolution and behavior. This book presents the faunal analyses of medium-sized and large mammals, providing taxonomic, taphonomic and actualistic data for the largest faunal assemblages. The study of modes of animal exploitation reveals valuable information on hominin behavior.