To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around
90,000 to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla and …

This review summarizes the paleoecology of the Early and Middle Pleistocene of
southwestern Asia, based on both flora and fauna, retrieved from a series of 'windows' …

This paper reviews recent developments in geochronology, archaeology, and behavioral
interpretations of the Middle Paleolithic Period (ca. 47–250 Kyr) in the East Mediterranean …

Zooarchaeological research at Qesem Cave, Israel demonstrates that large-game hunting
was a regular practice by the late Lower Paleolithic period. The 400-to 200,000-year-old …

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

The stratigraphy of Tabun Cave (Mt. Carmel), which comprises one of the longest
sequences of Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Near East, is widely used as a reference …

The late Lower Paleolithic archaeofaunas of Qesem Cave in the southern Levant span 400–
200 ka and associate with Acheulo-Yabrudian (mainly Amudian) industries. The large …

A View from Western Europe Most archaeologists would agree that the emergence of stone
tool manufacture and the m-agement of fre are the two most signifcant events in the cultural …

Studying the distribution of lithic raw materials around prehistoric sites, their procurement,
transport, and use, are important for understanding organizational decisions of hunter …

A century of research has led to the recognition of multiple levels of technological variability
in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic (MP) that cannot be resolved through single-cause …