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ArticlePloS one2022

Late Acheulian Jaljulia - Early human occupations in the paleo-landscape of the central coastal plain of Israel.

Maayan Shemer, Noam Greenbaum, Nimer Taha, Lena Brailovsky-Rokser, Yael Ebert, Ron Shaar, Christophe Falgueres, Pierre Voinchet, Naomi Porat, Galina Faershtein and 3 more

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Maayan ShemerArchaeological Research Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1759-9462
Noam GreenbaumDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Nimer TahaDr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, L.H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Lena Brailovsky-RokserIsrael Antiquities Authority, Rockefeller Archeological Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
Yael EbertThe Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
Ron ShaarThe Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
Christophe FalgueresUMR 7194, CNRS, MNHN, UPVD, Sorbonne Universités, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris, France.
Pierre VoinchetUMR 7194, CNRS, MNHN, UPVD, Sorbonne Universités, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris, France.
Naomi PoratGeological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel.
Galina FaershteinGeological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel.
Liora Kolska HorwitzNational Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
Tamar Rosenberg-YefetDepartment of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ran BarkaiDepartment of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8125-8788
Carmel (Israel) · ILCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRGeological Survey of Israel · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILTel Aviv University · ILBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILIsrael Antiquities Authority · ILNational Library of Israel · IL

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Abstract

The Lower Paleolithic Late Acheulian in the Levant marks a fascinating chapter in human cultural and biological evolution. Nevertheless, many aspects of the Late Acheulian are still undeciphered, hindered by the complex nature of each site on the one hand, a scarcity of wide, multidisciplinary studies on the other, and by difficulties in obtaining absolute chronology for this timeframe. Therefore, subjects such as human subsistence strategies and modes of adaptation, regional diversity, and the possible existence and nature of interactions between hominin groups are largely understudied. The discovery and study of Jaljulia, a large-scale Late Acheulian site at the central Coastal Plain, Israel, add valuable insights to the research of this chapter in human history. Considered to represent recurrent occupations at a favored, water and flint-rich setting, the site has provided extensive lithic assemblages obtained from several localities. Absolute chronology places the human activity on-site at roughly 500-300 ky (and possibly even later), which is suggested to be divided into several main occupation phases. Geomorphological and sedimentological analyses show a change in environmental conditions, from aeolian sand deposition and overlying Hamra soil during the Middle Pleistocene to high energy fluvial regime which transported large gravels in a north-south paleo-channel. Wetland environments, correlating to the human activity on site, developed later due to higher sea levels and a coastline shifts to the eastward, which caused a blockage of the Yarkon stream corridor to the sea by marine sand. In this paper we present results of the study of the site, including geomorphological formation and post-depositional processes, absolute chronology, lithic and faunal analyses. The site's extensive lithic assemblages are currently under study and future investigations are expected to shed more light on the technological nature of Late Acheulian Jaljulia.

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