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Artificial Stone Arrangements in the Acheulean Site of Mitzpeh Yiron, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Milla Y. Ohel
Milla Y. Ohel*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Israel
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Abstract

At this newly discovered site on the Yiron Plateau, Galilee Heights, nine basaltic stone formations susceptible of reflecting constructional activities by Acheulean people were discerned. The configuration of the formations and data on the associated artefacts along with basic details of the stones incorporated are provided. Mitzpeh Yiron thus joins the list of very few Lower Palaeolithic open-air sites where evidence of some sort of ‘building’ practice has been reported.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , 1982 , pp. 29 - 43
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1982

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