'Ubeidiya Formation, site I-15LF/I16, Israel


Fundort: 'Ubeidiya Formation, site I-15LF/I16, Israel, , Israel
Taxon: Macaca sylvanus aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Site has been subject to much tectonic movement - archaeological levels are almost vertical in the section. There have been four major depositional cycles, the lowest is of archaeological interest and is termed the Fi (lower Fluviatile). This limnic level is 30m thick. Formation dated to between 1.4-1.0Ma, but is thought (on faunal grounds) to be at the older end of this range. , 'The Fi cycle consists of clay, clastic conglomerates, chalky marls, silt and basaltic sands, often altered by paleosols.' Site I-15LF/I-16 was part of the lake shoreline and is a conglomerate on green clay, c.30 cm thick.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,0117 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der 'Ubeidiya Formation in Israel
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian, Calabrian, Middle Pleistocene, Late Pleistocene / Pleistocene / 'Ubeidiya
Koordinaten: 32° 41 ' 0 '' N, 35° 33 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

S. Gaudzinski 2004, Subsistence patterns of Early Pleistocene hominids in the Levant - taphonomic evidence from the 'Ubeidiya Formation. Journal of Archaeological Science. 31, p. 65 - 75

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