... We are in Nesher Ramla, Israel, an open-air site located in an
interesting geological landscape, which has presented archaeologists
with a rather special treasure trove of zooarchaeological and lithic
deposits. The karstic landscape in which this site is situated, has
numerous depressions characteristic of chemically eroded carbonate
rocks. An 8m thick depression at the site revealed a collection of stone
tools and animal remains. While the team of scientists say something
about the lithics and their accompanying animal remains, the aim of the
paper involves the need to firmly date the remains.
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Figure 1.
Location map, photograph (view from the east) and cross-section of the Nesher Ramla karst depression. |
The bottom of the 8m sequence was dated to 170,000 years ago. If you are
not well up on your prehistoric Levantine archaeology, that makes
Nesher Ramla the oldest Middle Palaeolithic site in this part of the
world.[...]
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Link 2:
Paleoantropología hoy: Nesher Ramla. Nuevo yacimiento musteriense en Israel. (B&W 2)
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