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Micromorphological observations from the archaeological sediments of 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain) for the reconstruction of hominid occupation contexts (Israel, Georgia, Spain).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Micromorphological observations from the archaeological sediments of 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain) for the reconstruction of hominid occupation contexts (Israel, Georgia, Spain)./
Author:	Mallol, Carolina.
Description:	259 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1835.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-05A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Archaeology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3131919
ISBN:	0496791591

Micromorphological observations from the archaeological sediments of 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain) for the reconstruction of hominid occupation contexts (Israel, Georgia, Spain).
Mallol, Carolina.

Micromorphological observations from the archaeological sediments of 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain) for the reconstruction of hominid occupation contexts (Israel, Georgia, Spain). - 259 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1835.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2004.

Palaeolithic archaeology is commonly faced with the problem of finding traces of hominid behavior in sedimentologically complex contexts. Often, the combined effects of low anthropogenic impact with poor site preservation result in insufficient data for hypothesis building. This is the case of the three sites chosen for this study: 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain). These sites have yielded rich lithic and bone assemblages and are part of the current debates on human evolution. However, their original contexts of hominid occupation remain unknown. This dissertation applies archaeological soil micromorphology, the microscopic study of soils and sediments with an archaeological perspective, to sediments from these three sites for the reconstruction of aspects of site formation that can approach us to original hominid occupation contexts.

ISBN: 0496791591Subjects--Topical Terms:

622985
Anthropology, Archaeology.

Micromorphological observations from the archaeological sediments of 'Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD10 (Spain) for the reconstruction of hominid occupation contexts (Israel, Georgia, Spain).
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520 $a 131 micromorphological samples from each site were collected and studied: 37 from 'Ubeidiya, 50 from Dmanisi, and 44 from Gran Dolina-TD10. The sedimentary environments and age of the three sites are different and hence, different analytical parameters were utilized for each case, according to the types of basic microscopic components and depositional and postdepositional processes associated with each setting. The results, which comprise a series of microfabric types, were then placed in a geostratigraphic context to obtain paleoenvironmentally and spatially relevant archaeological assemblages.
520 $a For each of the three sites, the micromorphological evidence provided paleoenvironmental reconstructions, as well as an estimate of the integrity of the archaeological assemblages, a minimum number of occupations represented at the site and their intensity. Higher degrees of preservation than expected were found, especially for 'Ubeidiya and Dmanisi, which are very old open-air deposits. Under these good preservation conditions, several surface zones---potential hominid occupation surfaces---were identified based on microscopic signs of prolonged surface exposure, weathering and soil formation. This study demonstrates that we can obtain a higher level of accuracy in our knowledge of hominid contexts through the micromorphological study of archaeological sediments. The incorporation of these results to other kinds of archaeological data in a multidisciplinary way is needed in order to advance in the interpretation of the hominid occupations at each of the sites studied.
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