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100	1		_aAlperson-Afil, Nira. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov Volume II _h[electronic resource] : _bAncient Flames and Controlled Use of Fire / _cby Nira Alperson-Afil, Naama Goren-Inbar.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands : _bImprint: Springer, _c2010.
300			_aXXVIII, 300p. 164 illus., 82 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, _x1877-9077
505	0		_aFramework of Research -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusions.
520			_aThe 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
650		0	_aSocial sciences.
650		0	_aEcology.
650		0	_aEnvironmental sciences.
650		0	_aAnthropology.
650		0	_aArchaeology.
650	1	4	_aSocial Sciences.
650	2	4	_aArchaeology.
650	2	4	_aAnthropology.
650	2	4	_aEcology.
650	2	4	_aEnvironment, general.
650	2	4	_aSocial Sciences, general.
700	1		_aGoren-Inbar, Naama. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789048137640
830		0	_aVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, _x1877-9077
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