New ESR/U-series dates in Yabrudian and Amudian layers at Qesem Cave, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 6-12

  Falgueres C ^a   Richard, M ^a   Tombret, O ^a   Shao, Q ^b   Bahain, J J ^a   Gopher, A ^c   Barkai, R ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amudian; ESR U series; Middle East; Middle Pleistocene; Qesem Cave; Yabrudian

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

ANIMALIA; ANTIRHEA;

EID: 84924709512     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Adamiec G., Aitken M.J. Dose-rate conversion factors: update. Ancient TL 1998, 16:37-50.
2. Assaf E., Parush Y., Gopher A., Barkai R. Intra-site variability in lithic recycling at Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International 2014, (in this volume).
3. Assaf E., Barkai R., Gopher A. Knowledge Transmission and Apprentice Flint-knappers in the Acheulo-Yabrudian: a Case Study from Qesem Cave, Israel 2014.
4. Bahain J.J., Yokoyama Y., Falguères C., Sarcia M.N. ESR dating of tooth enamel: a comparison with K- Ar dating. Quaternary Science Reviews 1992, 11:245-250.
5. Barkai R., Gopher A., Lauritzen S.E., Frumkin A. Uranium series dates from Qesem Cave, Israel, and the end of the Lower Palaeolithic. Nature 2003, 423:977-979.
6. Barkai R., Lemorini C., Shimelmitz R., Lev Z., Stiner M., Gopher A. A blade for all seasons? making and using Amudian blades at Qesem Cave, Israel. Human Evolution 2009, 24:57-75.
7. Blasco R., Rosell J., Gopher A., Barkai R. Subsistence economy and social life: a zooarchaeological view from the 300 kya central hearth at Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 2014, 35:248.
8. Bischoff J.L., Rosenbauer R.J., Tavoso A., Lumley H.de A test of uranium-series dating of fossil tooth enamel: results from Tournal cave, France. Applied Geochemistry 1988, 3:135-141.
9. Copeland L. The stone industries. Adlun in the Stone Age. The Excavations of D.A.E. Garrod in Lebanon 1958-1963 1983, vol. 159:89-365. BAR International Series, Oxford.
10. Copeland L. Yabrudian and related industries: the state of research in 1996. Toward Modern Humans: Yabrudian and Micoquian, 400-50 k-years Ago 2000, vol. 850:97-117. BAR International Series, Oxford.
11. Falguères C., Bahain J.J., Duval M., Shao Q., Han F., Lebon M., Mercier N., Pérez-González A., Dolo J.M., Garcia T. A 300-600 ka ESR/U-series chronology of Acheulian sites in Western Europe. Quaternary International 2010, 223-224:293-298.
12. Fornai, C., Benazzi, S., Gopher, A., Barkai, R., Sarig, R., Hershkovitz, I., Weber, G.W., Morphological and morphometric analysis of I/12a hominin deciduous lower second molar from Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International (in this volume).
13. Garrod D.A.E. Acheuléo-Jabroudien et «Pré-Aurignacien» de la Grotte de Taboun (Mont Carmel); Étude stratigraphique et chronologique. Quaternaria 1956, III:39-59.
14. Gopher A., Ayalon A., Bar-Matthews M., Barkai R., Frumkin A., Karkanas P., Shahack-Gross R. The chronology of the late Lower Paleolithic in the Levant: U series dates of speleothems from Middle Pleistocene Qesem cave, Israel. Quaternary Geochronology 2010, 5:644-656.
15. Gopher A., Parush Y., Assaf E., Barkai R. Spatial aspects as seen from a density analysis of lithics at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave: preliminary results and observations. Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 774-775. (in this volume).
16. Grün R. Direct dating of human fossils. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 2006, 49:2-48.
17. - radicals threaten the fundamentals of ESR dating of tooth enamel. Quaternary Geochronology 2008, 3:150-172.
18. Grün R. The relevance of parametric U-uptake models in ESR age calculations. Radiation Measurements 2009, 44:472-476.
19. Grün R. The DATA program for the calculation of ESR age estimates on tooth enamel. Quaternary Geochronology 2009, 4:231-232.
20. Grün R., Katzenberger-Apel O. An alpha irradiator for ESR dating. Ancient TL 1994, 12:35-38.
21. Grün R., Schwarcz H.P., Chadam J.M. ESR dating of tooth enamel: coupled correction for U-uptake and U-series disequilibrium. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 1988, 14:237-241.
22. Hershkovitz I., Smith P., Sarig R., Quam R., Rodríguez L., García R., Arsuaga J.-L., Barkai R., Gopher A. Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave, Israel. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2011, 144:575-592.
23. Hershkovitz, I., Weber, G., Fornai, C., Gopher, A., Barkai, R., Slon, V., Quam, R., Yankel, G., Sarig, R. New Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem cave (Israel), Quternary International (in this volume).
24. Jelinek A.J. The Middle Paleolithic in the Southern Levant, with comments on the appearance of modern Homo sapiens. The Transition from Lower to Middle Paleolithic and the Origin of Modern Man 1982, vol. 151:57-101. British Archaeological Reports International Series, Oxford.
25. Jelinek A.J. The Amudian in the context of the Mugharan tradition at the Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel), Israel. The Emergence of Modern Humans 1990, 81-90. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. P. Mellars (Ed.).
26. Lemorini C., Bourguignon L., Zupancich A., Gopher A., Barkai R. A scraper's life history: Use-Wear analysis of Amudian and Yabrudian scrapers form Qesem Cave, Israel. Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 776-777.
27. Lemorini C., Stiner M.C., Gopher A., Shimelmitz R., Barkai R. Use-wear Analysis of an Amudian Laminar Assemblage from the Acheuleo-yabrudian of Qesem Cave, Israel 2006, 921-934. 33.
28. Lemorini C., Venditti F., Assaf E., Parush Y., Barkai R., Gopher A. The function of recycled lithic items at late Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel: an overview of the use-wear data. Quaternary International 2014, (in this volume).
29. Lev Z. Techno-typological Analysis of a Yabrudian Assemblage from Qesem Cave, Israel 2010, (M.A. thesis), Tel Aviv University.
30. Marsh R. Beta-gradient Isochrons Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: towards a New Dating Method in Archaeology 1999, McMaster University, Hamilton, (Ph.D. dissertation).
31. Maul L., Smith K., Barkai R., Barash A., Karkanas P., Shahack-Gross R., Gopher A. Microfaunal remains at Middle pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel: preliminary results on small vertebrates, environment and biostratigraphy. Journal of Human Evolution 2011, 60:464-480.
32. Maul L.C., Smith K.T., Shenbrot G., Bruch A., Barkai R., Gopher A. Palaeoecological and biostratigraphical implications of the microvertebrates of Qesem Cave. Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 782. (in this volume).
33. Mercier N., Valladas H., Falguères C., Shao Q., Gopher A., Barkai R., Bahain J.J., Vialettes L., Joron J.L., Reyss J.L. New datings of Amudian layers at Qesem Cave (Israel): results of TL applied to burnt flints and ESR/U-series to teeth. Journal of Archaeological Science 2013, 40:3011-3020.
34. Parush Y., Assaf E., Slon V., Gopher A., Barkai R. Looking for sharp edges: modes of flint recycling at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel. Quaternary International 2014.
35. Parush Y., Gopher A., Barkai R. Amudian versus Yabrudian under the rock shelf: a study of two lithic assemblages from Qesem cave, Israel. Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 775-776. (in this volume).
36. Rust A. Die Hohlenfunde von Jabrud (Syrien) 1950, Wachholtz, Neumunster.
37. Shahack-Gross R., Berna F., karkanas P., lemorini C., Gopher A., Barkai R. Evidence for the repeated use of a central hearth at Middle PLeistocene (300 ky ago) Qesem cave, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 2014, 44:12-21.
38. Shao Q., Bahain J.-J., Falguères C., Dolo J.-M., Garcia T. A new U-uptake model for combined ESR/U-series dating of tooth enamel. Quaternary Geochronology 2012, 10:406-411.
39. Shimelmitz R. Lithic Blade Production in the Middle Pleistocene of the Levant 2009, Tel Aviv University, (Ph.D. dissertation).
40. Shimelmitz R., Barkai R., Gopher A. Regional variability in late lower Paleolithic Amudian blade technology: analyzing new data from Qesem. Tabun and Yabrud I Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 776. (in this volume).
41. Stiner M.C., Barkai R., Gopher A. Cooperative hunting and meat sharing 400-200 ka at Qesem cave, Israel. Proceedings, National Academy of Science 2009, 106:13207-13212.
42. Stiner M.C., Barkai R., Gopher A. Hearth-side socioeconomics, hunting and paleoecology during the late Lower Paleolithic at Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution 2011, 60:213-233.
43. Weber, G., Fornai, C., Gopher, A., Barkai, R., Sarig, R., Hershkovitz, I. The Qesem Cave hominin material: a morphometric analysis of the mandibular premolars and molar. Quaternary International (in this volume).
44. Yokoyama Y., Falguères C., Quaegebeur J.P. ESR dating of quartz from quaternary sediments: first attempt. Nuclear Tracks 1985, 10:921-928.
45. Yokoyama Y., Nguyen H.V. Direct and non-destructive dating of marine sediments, manganese nodules and corals by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry. Isotope Marine Chemistry 1980, 259-289. Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo. E.D. Goldberg (Ed.).
46. Zupanchich A., Lemorini C., Gopher A., Barkai R. On scraper handling: preliminary results from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Qesem Cave, Israel. Abstracts, the XVII World UISPP Congress, 2014, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September 2014, 777. (in this volume).