title: Spatial organization of hominin activities at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel.
abstract: The spatial designation of discrete areas for different activities reflects formalized conceptualization of a living space. The results of spatial analyses of a Middle Pleistocene Acheulian archaeological horizon (about 750,000 years ago) at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, indicate that hominins differentiated their activities (stone knapping, tool use, floral and faunal processing and consumption) across space. These were organized in two main areas, including multiple activities around a hearth. The diversity of human activities and the distinctive patterning with which they are organized implies advanced organizational skills of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov hominins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. alperson@mscc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Nira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alperson-Afil
authors.forename: Gonen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharon
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kislev
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: Irit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zohar
authors.forename: Shosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabinovich
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biton
authors.forename: Ella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Werker
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feibel
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goren-Inbar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001106:Archaeology; D005399:Fishes; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D015186:Hominidae; D007557:Israel; D008322:Mammals; D010944:Plants; D053001:Tool Use Behavior