Amud Cave
Neanderthals | |
| Site notes | |
|---|---|
| Excavation dates | 1961, 1964, 1990-present |
| Public access | No |
Amud Cave is located in the
layers) but no permanent structures, and an earlier one from the Middle Paleolithic. The most important find from this site is Amud 1, discovered in 1961, in the latest Paleolithic layers, that were later dated, using thermoluminescence, to 50-60,000 years BP.[2] It has been classified as Neanderthal,[3] which makes it the youngest Neanderthal ever to have been discovered in the Levant.[2]
Further reading
References
- ^ "שמורת טבע נחל עמוד". www.parks.org.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ a b c "איש הגליל : חידוש החפירות הפרהיסטוריות במערת עמוד". lib.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- . Retrieved 29 January 2021.