Overview
- The manipulation of fire by early hominins was a turning point in our evolutionary history
- This volume features the first time record of controlled use of fire in Eurasia in the Acheulian culture as early as 780.000 years ago
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (VERT)
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Table of contents(4 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
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Inst. Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Nira Alperson-Afil, Naama Goren-Inbar
About the authors
Nira Alperson-Afil and Naama Goren-Inbar both teach prehistoric archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their main research interest is the prehistory of the Levant, including technological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of our ancient ancestors.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov Volume II
Book Subtitle: Ancient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire
Authors: Nira Alperson-Afil, Naama Goren-Inbar
Series Title: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3765-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3764-0Published: 06 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3206-3Published: 28 June 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3765-7Published: 09 June 2010
Series ISSN: 1877-9077
Series E-ISSN: 1877-9085
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 120
Number of Illustrations: 82 b/w illustrations
Topics: Archaeology, Ecology, Environment, general, Anthropology, Social Sciences, general