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Faunal analysis from Amud Cave: preliminary results and interpretations
Author(s) -
Rabinovich Rivka,
Hovers Erella
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.762
Subject(s) - mousterian , cave , taphonomy , neanderthal , archaeology , geology , context (archaeology) , paleontology , excavation , geography
The Late Mousterian Neanderthal site of Amud Cave (dated ca. 70–55 kyr) is situated on the margins of the Dead Sea Rift, about 5 km northwest of the Sea of Galilee. Recent excavations at the site yielded rich lithic, faunal and human skeletal assemblages. This paper presents some characteristics of the faunal assemblages from Amud Cave, combined with pertinent results of taphonomic and micromorphological studies, and places them in the context of other Late Mousterian archaeofaunas in the southern Levant. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.