Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- 20 ‘Ubeidiya
- 21 Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov
- 22 Bizat Ruhama
- 23 Qesem Cave and the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex of the Levant
- 24 Tabun Cave in the Carmel Culture Sphere
- 25 Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
- 26 Hayonim Cave
- 27 Kebara Cave
- 28 Qafzeh Cave and Terrace
- 29 Palaeolithic Occupations in Nahal Amud
- 30 The Palaeolithic Sequence of Ksar ‘Akil, Lebanon
- 31 The Early Upper Palaeolithic of Manot Cave, Western Galilee
- 32 Mughr el-Hamamah
- 33 Ohalo II: A 23,000-Year-Old Fisher-Hunter-Gatherer's Camp on the Shore of Fluctuating Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)
- 34 Eynan (Ain Mallaha)
- 35 Hilazon Tachtit Cave, a Late Natufian Burial Site in the Western Lower Galilee, Israel
- 36 The Palaeolithic Cultural Sequence of Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
- 37 Survey and Excavation of Stone Age Sites in Jordan's Wadi al-Hasa: 1979–2012
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
32 - Mughr el-Hamamah
An Early Upper Palaeolithic Cave Site on the Eastern Jordan Valley Flanks
from Part III: - Archaeology of Human Evolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- 20 ‘Ubeidiya
- 21 Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov
- 22 Bizat Ruhama
- 23 Qesem Cave and the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex of the Levant
- 24 Tabun Cave in the Carmel Culture Sphere
- 25 Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
- 26 Hayonim Cave
- 27 Kebara Cave
- 28 Qafzeh Cave and Terrace
- 29 Palaeolithic Occupations in Nahal Amud
- 30 The Palaeolithic Sequence of Ksar ‘Akil, Lebanon
- 31 The Early Upper Palaeolithic of Manot Cave, Western Galilee
- 32 Mughr el-Hamamah
- 33 Ohalo II: A 23,000-Year-Old Fisher-Hunter-Gatherer's Camp on the Shore of Fluctuating Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)
- 34 Eynan (Ain Mallaha)
- 35 Hilazon Tachtit Cave, a Late Natufian Burial Site in the Western Lower Galilee, Israel
- 36 The Palaeolithic Cultural Sequence of Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
- 37 Survey and Excavation of Stone Age Sites in Jordan's Wadi al-Hasa: 1979–2012
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Mughr el-Hamamah (Caves of the Doves, Ajlun Governate, Jordan) preserves a single late Pleistocene archaeological layer, which accumulated over likely no more than six millennia, ca. 45-39 ka. The in situ Early Upper Palaeolithic deposits at Mughr el-Hamamah preserve a palimpsest sequence of mobile hunter-gatherer camp occupations. Of particular importance is the excellent preservation of botanical remains, including wood charcoal and phytoliths. The artefact assemblage includes diverse lithics, but the techno-typological characteristics include both Initial Upper Palaeolithic and Early Ahmarian features. Although it is a single-period site, Mughr el-Hamamah provides a unique opportunity to understand better the eastern Jordan Valley environment during Marine Isotope Stage 3 and its influence on foraging, settlement, on-site activity, and mobility behaviours of human groups. This is especially important, as we seek to understand the systemic causes of anatomically modern human-Neanderthal population-biological turnover, both regionally and throughout western Eurasia.
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