TL dates for the Neanderthal site of the Amud Cave, Israel

H. Valladas; N. Mercier; L. Froget; E. Hovers; J. L. Joron; William Kimbel; Y. Rak

doi:10.1006/jasc.1998.0334

TL dates for the Neanderthal site of the Amud Cave, Israel

H. Valladas, N. Mercier, L. Froget, E. Hovers, J. L. Joron, William Kimbel, Y. Rak

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Abstract

Age-estimates ranging from 50 to 70 ky were obtained for the Mousterian deposits of Amud Cave in Israel from thermoluminescence measurements performed on 19 burnt flints. The late dates obtained for the stratigraphic layers bearing hominid remains confirm the evidence for the late presence of Neanderthals in the Levant. The dates enable a more effective comparison of the lithic assemblages from Amud Cave with those of other contemporaneous sites and underline the variability within Mousterian lithic industries at the end of the Middle Palaeolithic in the Levant.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	259-268
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1998.0334
State	Published - Mar 1999

Keywords

Amud
Dating
Mousterian
Neanderthal
Thermoluminescence

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Archaeology
Archaeology

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