Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Volume IV

Dr. Naama Goren-Inbar is a Professor in the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests include old world prehistory, the evolution of human behavior, site formation processes, the Acheulian technocomplex, and human dispersals and colonizations.Dr. Gonen Sharon is an Associate Professor in archaeology at Tel Hai College, Israel. He earned his M.A. in Prehistoric Archaeology and Ph.D. in Prehistory at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2000 and 2007 respectively. His research interests include prehistory, lithic technology and human evolution.Dr. Nira Alperson-Afil works in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. Gadi Herzlinger is a graduate student in the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

​“On balance, Goren-Inbar et al.’s efforts have produced an achievement. And while this volume, along with the previous three, certainly contributes to our understanding of human evolution and Paleolithic archaeology, what most excites this reviewer has yet to be realized. By producing and publishing so much raw data, other researchers can explore GBY for themselves and more fully integrate it into the Lower Paleolithic world. In this sense, Goren-Inbar’s work on GBY is not only an achievement, but a lasting one.”-Metin I. Eren – PaleoAnthropology

• 1.-Introduction.- 2-Geology, stratigraphy & sedimentology of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov formation at the study area.- 3-Chronology and dating.- 4-Methodology.- 5-The archaeological horizons and their lithic assemblages.- 6-Thematic description, analyses and discussion of all major typo-technological classes.- 7-Discussion: the location of the GBY site within the old world cultural spheres, conclusions.