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Acheulian culture. --- Antiquities, Prehistoric. --- Axes, Prehistoric. --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Tools, Prehistoric.

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The manipulation of fire by early hominins was a turning point in our evolutionary history. Once "domesticated", fire provided warmth, light and protection from predators, as well as enabling the exploitation of a new range of foods. This book presents the spatial analyses of burned and unburned flint items which provide evidence for the controlled use of fire at the 790,000-year-old Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov (GBY). Clusters of burned flint, interpreted as the remnants of hearths, occur throughout the entire occupational sequence of the site. The fact that fire is repetitively used suggests that the knowledge of fire-making and the technological skills of the Acheulian hominins of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov enabled them to set fire at will in diverse environmental settings. "Control of fire marks a significant landmark in human evolution, providing warmth, protection, and many new foods. This important volume compellingly shows that fire was already in regular use some 800,000 years ago." John D. Speth, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA "A major contribution to knowledge of early human fire history, the finds at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov add immensely to the picture of our early ancestors by the fireside. The authors present a painstaking and multidimensional scientific investigation which should convince even sceptics of the importance of fire use in prehistory" John A.J. Gowlett, British Academy Centenary Research Project, The Archaeology of the Social Brain, UK.

Acheulian culture. --- Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Israel. --- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel. --- Gesher Benot Ya’ḳov Site (Israel). --- Israel -- Antiquities. --- Acheulian culture --- Tools, Prehistoric --- Fire --- Hearths, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History & Archaeology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Prehistoric Anthropology --- Archaeology --- Social aspects --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Fire use. --- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site (Israel) --- Israel --- Antiquities. --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Fireplaces, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric fireplaces --- Prehistoric hearths --- Implements, Prehistoric --- Implements, utensils, etc., Prehistoric --- Prehistoric implements --- Prehistoric tools --- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Site (Israel) --- Social sciences. --- Ecology. --- Environment. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Environment, general. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Ecology --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistory --- Prehistoric peoples --- Paleolithic period, Lower --- Jordan River Valley --- Chemistry --- Combustion --- Heat --- Biḳʻat ha-Yarden

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