Search Catalog of Fossil Hominids Database
Search NESPOS
Search John Hawkes Bibliography
See Wikipedia entry for Sodmein Cave
Search blogs for entries on Sodmein Cave
Afarensis
Anthropology.net
John Hawkes
Mundo Neanderthal (EspaƱol)
Caveman's Corner
Google Blog Search
|
Approximate age:118,000 years old=average of minimum (0.109 Ma) and maximum (0.127 Ma)
Date based on: Thermoluminescence dating of burned artifacts See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Mercier, N., Valladas, H., Froget, L., Joron, J. L., Vermeersch, P. M., Van Peer, P., et al. (1999). Thermoluminescence dating of a middle palaeolithic occupation at Sodmein Cave, Red Sea Mountains (Egypt). Journal of Archaeological Science, 26(11), 1339-1345.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian Late Stone Age (LSA)/Upper Paleolithic
Important specimens: MSA hearths, early difinitive fire
Notes: The date here can be interpreted along with radiocarbon on overlying charcoals to >45k years old.
Location: Red Sea Mountains, Egypt
Map location/coordinates reference: Mercier, N., Valladas, H., Froget, L., Joron, J. L., Vermeersch, P. M., Van Peer, P., et al. (1999). Thermoluminescence dating of a middle palaeolithic occupation at Sodmein Cave, Red Sea Mountains (Egypt). Journal of Archaeological Science, 26(11), 1339-1345.
Key references:
|
|