{"product_id":"9781842170724","title":"The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'akov, Israel : 1, The Wood Assemblage : 1","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Goren-Inbar, Naama\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e20th century\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 January 1800 by OXBOW BOOKS (N\/A) as part of 'the Unknown' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | \u003cbr\u003e272 x 210 x 11 | 634g\u003cp\u003eGesher Benot Ya'aqov, located in the Dead Sea Rift valley, is  one of the oldest non-African sites to have yielded evidence for  the activities of groups of hominin hunter-gatherers. The  excavations recovered thousands of Acheulian period stone tools  and animal bones that had accumulated in and around an ancient  lake about 780, 000 years ago. The deposits have remained  waterlogged virtually ever since, and this unusual circumstance  resulted in the preservation of plant macrofossils, including  pieces of wood and bark that can be identified to the level of  individual plant species. Most of the pieces probably accumulated  naturally around the lake, but a few show signs of hominin  modification - making them the oldest wooden artefacts yet  discovered. The unique contribution of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov  palaeobotanical assemblage, however, lies in its value for the  palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a pre-agricultural age - an  age that predates changes induced by intensive human activity.  This monograph describes the geological and archaeological  context of the ancient wood, the criteria for its identification,  and its implications for the woods surrounding Gesher Benot  Ya'aqov in Lower to Middle Pleistocene times. They include  detailed descriptions of the different wood taxa, discuss the  present habitats of the identified species, and consider the  possible mechanisms by which the wood was deposited. They also  provide a survey of the wood fragments that have occasionally  been found at other ancient Palaeolithic sites. This volume is  the first in a series of monographs which will focus on different  aspects of the multidisciplinary investigations at Gesher Benot  Ya'aqov.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goren-Inbar, Naama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665981640888,"sku":"9781842170724","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781842170724.jpg?v=1734724795","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781842170724","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}