The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift of Israel documents homin... more The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift of Israel documents hominin movements and technological development on a corridor between Africa and Eurasia. New age data place the site at 780,000 years ago (oxygen isotope stage 19), considerably older than previous estimates. The archaeological data from the site portray strong affinities with African stone tool traditions. The findings also reflect adroit technical skills and in-depth planning abilities, more advanced and complex than those of earlier archaeological occurrences in the Levant.
ABSTRACT In archaeological studies, measurements are commonly used to objectively describe variou... more ABSTRACT In archaeological studies, measurements are commonly used to objectively describe various types of artifact. These studies very often involve large sample sizes, thus suggesting that methods for the compact summary of specimen form and variation may be helpful in comparisons of inter- and intra-assemblage similarity or difference. We have studied a common artifact, the handaxe, and formulated a three-dimensional model of its generalized geometry. We have applied our geometric model to two samples of handaxes from the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. The concept of geometrically modeling a handaxe may be easily applied to other types of artifacts. Geometric modeling may prove a useful tool for the archaeologist who desires to summarize, illustrate and analyze artifact shape in a compact form.
INTRODUCTION The discovery of new Plio-Pleistocene and Pleistocene exposures in the vicin-ity of ... more INTRODUCTION The discovery of new Plio-Pleistocene and Pleistocene exposures in the vicin-ity of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov has led to a renewed investigation of the area (English: Daughters of Jacob's Bridge; Arabic: Jisr Banat Yacub). The expo-sures are located to the south of ...
We present here a new approach for quantifying two significant shape propertiessymmetry and roug... more We present here a new approach for quantifying two significant shape propertiessymmetry and roughness, and apply it, in particular, for the study of Lower Paleolithic handaxes from sites in Israel. The approach is based on the description of closed curves ...
The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift of Israel documents homin... more The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift of Israel documents hominin movements and technological development on a corridor between Africa and Eurasia. New age data place the site at 780,000 years ago (oxygen isotope stage 19), considerably older than previous estimates. The archaeological data from the site portray strong affinities with African stone tool traditions. The findings also reflect adroit technical skills and in-depth planning abilities, more advanced and complex than those of earlier archaeological occurrences in the Levant.
ABSTRACT In archaeological studies, measurements are commonly used to objectively describe variou... more ABSTRACT In archaeological studies, measurements are commonly used to objectively describe various types of artifact. These studies very often involve large sample sizes, thus suggesting that methods for the compact summary of specimen form and variation may be helpful in comparisons of inter- and intra-assemblage similarity or difference. We have studied a common artifact, the handaxe, and formulated a three-dimensional model of its generalized geometry. We have applied our geometric model to two samples of handaxes from the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. The concept of geometrically modeling a handaxe may be easily applied to other types of artifacts. Geometric modeling may prove a useful tool for the archaeologist who desires to summarize, illustrate and analyze artifact shape in a compact form.
INTRODUCTION The discovery of new Plio-Pleistocene and Pleistocene exposures in the vicin-ity of ... more INTRODUCTION The discovery of new Plio-Pleistocene and Pleistocene exposures in the vicin-ity of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov has led to a renewed investigation of the area (English: Daughters of Jacob's Bridge; Arabic: Jisr Banat Yacub). The expo-sures are located to the south of ...
We present here a new approach for quantifying two significant shape propertiessymmetry and roug... more We present here a new approach for quantifying two significant shape propertiessymmetry and roughness, and apply it, in particular, for the study of Lower Paleolithic handaxes from sites in Israel. The approach is based on the description of closed curves ...
Uploads