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Milking the Stones or An Acheulean Aggregation Locality on the Yiron Plateau in Upper Galilee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Milla Y. Ohel
Milla Y. Ohel*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Abstract

The central and most intricate occurrence among the acheulean sites of the Yiron Plateau and environs, Israel, is studied. All lines of evidence favour an interpretation of Mitzpeh Yiron (Y25) as an aggregation node where small groups assembled to concentrate on the exploitation of a relatively short-term seasonal subsistence resource. Concurrently the congregation event enhanced co-operative activities, sociocultural relationships, and particularly kinship ties. With the present effort a better understanding is hopefully achieved of the general configuration of the settlement system of the area along with the technological and other variabilities of the constituent units.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , 1986 , pp. 247 - 280
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1986

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