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Structural Position of the Pleistocene Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Site in the Dead Sea Rift Zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

N. Goren-Inbar  and
S. Belitzky
N. Goren-Inbar
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 91905
S. Belitzky
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 91904
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Abstract

Newly discovered outcrops of the middle Pleistocene Benot Ya'aqov Formation are strongly disturbed due to recent tectonic activity along the Dead Sea Rift. The lacustrine-fluviatile sediments of this formation comprise the littoral facies of a paleo-lake that occupied the adjacent Hula Basin. Acheulian artifacts, found embedded in the formation, have typical African characteristics. The geographical position of the site (the northern extension of the East African Red Sea Rift System) is important for understanding hominid diffusion from Africa to Eurasia.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , May 1989 , pp. 371 - 376
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University of Washington

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