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Approximate age:60,000 years old=average of minimum (0.05 Ma) and maximum (0.07 Ma)
Date based on: TL See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Rink, W. J., Schwarcz, H. P., Lee, H. K., Rees Jones, J., Rabinovich, R., & Hovers, E. (2001). Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) 230Th/234U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel. Geoarchaeology, 16(6), 701-717.
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age/Mousterian Fire
Important specimens: Amud 1 adult; Amud 7 infant;
Notes: Evidence for hunting gazelle and fallow deer
Location: Wadi Amud, Hokuk, near Sea of Galili, Israel
Map location/coordinates reference: Position not precise. Position guessed by H. Gilbert based on description of site "The cave site is situated at about 800 meters upstream along the Wadi Amud from the Zuttieh cave site and at an approximate height of 35 meters above the wadi floor on the western face of the Wadi Amud. The cave, which is excavated in the Eocene limestone cliff, is about 10 meters wide at its entrance and 12 meters deep. Its maximum height is 6 meters. In front of the cave, there is a terrace sloping down to the wadi. It ends with a steep bluft." Kobori. (1973). Bulletin 5: Paleolithic site at Douara Cave in Syria, Part 1. Tokyo: The University Museum, The University of Tokyo.
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