Tortoises as a dietary supplement: A view from the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel
Dietary reconstructions can offer an improved perspective on human capacities of
adaptation to the environment. New methodological approaches and analytical techniques …
adaptation to the environment. New methodological approaches and analytical techniques …
What happens around a fire: faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel
The technological innovation involving the controlled use of fire represents a decisive
change in human subsistence. Hearths and the spatial distribution patterns associated with …
change in human subsistence. Hearths and the spatial distribution patterns associated with …
Recycling bones in the middle pleistocene: some reflections from Gran Dolina TD10-1 (Spain), bolomor cave (Spain) and Qesem cave (Israel)
Archaeologists can use different kinds of data to identify recycling. However, most
approaches to recycling are based on lithic artefact attributes, especially on surface …
approaches to recycling are based on lithic artefact attributes, especially on surface …
Looking for sharp edges: modes of flint recycling at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel
Y Parush, E Assaf, V Slon, A Gopher, R Barkai - Quaternary international, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel assigned to the Acheulo-
Yabrudian Cultural Complex (AYCC). The cave reveals a suite of innovative behaviors …
Yabrudian Cultural Complex (AYCC). The cave reveals a suite of innovative behaviors …
Cultural and biological transformations in the Middle Pleistocene Levant: a view from Qesem Cave, Israel
R Barkai, A Gopher - Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we present our interpretation about the circumstances leading towards an
evolutionary replacement of the earliest populations of the Levant, most probably Homo …
evolutionary replacement of the earliest populations of the Levant, most probably Homo …
Subsistence economy and social life: A zooarchaeological view from the 300 kya central hearth at Qesem Cave, Israel
Abstract The Levantine Corridor was one of the most important contact zones between Africa
and Eurasia during the Pleistocene and, as a consequence, a potential area in which to …
and Eurasia during the Pleistocene and, as a consequence, a potential area in which to …
Feathers and food: human-bird interactions at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel
The presence of fast-moving small game in the Paleolithic archaeological faunal record has
long been considered a key variable to assess fundamental aspects of human behavior and …
long been considered a key variable to assess fundamental aspects of human behavior and …
Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming
KT Smith, JA Gauthier - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 2013 - BioOne
abstract Lizards (nonophidian squamates) from a vertical series of localities in the early
Eocene Wasatch Formation (Washakie Basin, Wyoming, USA) deposited during an interval …
Eocene Wasatch Formation (Washakie Basin, Wyoming, USA) deposited during an interval …
Squamate bone taphonomy: A new experimental framework and its application to the Natufian zooarchaeological record
Squamate (lizard and snake) remains are abundant in the terminal Pleistocene Natufian
archaeological sites of the Levant, raising the question of whether they constitute part of the …
archaeological sites of the Levant, raising the question of whether they constitute part of the …
A model of digestive tooth corrosion in lizards: experimental tests and taphonomic implications
Corrosion patterns induced by gastric fluids on the skeleton of prey animals may depend on
the nature of the corrosive agents (acid, enzymes) as well as on the composition of the hard …
the nature of the corrosive agents (acid, enzymes) as well as on the composition of the hard …