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Fire for a Reason: Barbecue at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

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    Identificador:  imarina:6363233
    Autores:  Barkai, Ran; Rosell, Jordi; Blasco, Ruth; Gopher, Avi
    Resumen:
    Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel occupied between 420 and 200 ka. Excavations have revealed a wealth of innovative behaviors most likely practiced by a new hominin lineage. These include early evidence for the habitual and continuous use of fire, the repeated use of a central hearth, systematic flint and bone recycling, early blade production technologies, social hunting strategies and meat-sharing practices, and more. Fire was used throughout the 200,000 years of human occupation of the cave primarily for meat roasting and cooking. Roasting and cooking, we argue, had an important role in providing the necessary caloric intake of the cave?s inhabitants. We see fire as an essential element of the new post-Acheulian human adaptation in the Levant. The ample recurring evidence for focused and repeated use of fire for dietary purposes suggests that fire production, control, use, and maintenance were habitually practiced by the cave?s inhabitants and that fire-induced calories became central for their survival. We present an integrative view regarding the use of fire at Qesem Cave and discuss the role of fire within the framework of the significant cultural and biological transformations that took shape in the post-Acheulian Levant during the Middle Pleistocene.
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    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/691211?cookieSet=1
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Barkai, Ran; Rosell, Jordi; Blasco, Ruth; Gopher, Avi (2017). Fire for a Reason: Barbecue at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel. Current Anthropology, 58(Extra 16), 314-328. DOI: 10.1086/691211
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Current Anthropology. 58 (Extra 16): 314-328
    DOI del artículo: 10.1086/691211
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2017
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2025-02-08
    Autor/es de la URV: Rosell Ardévol, Jordi
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
    Autor según el artículo: Barkai, Ran; Rosell, Jordi; Blasco, Ruth; Gopher, Avi
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Áreas temáticas: Anthropology, Antropología, Antropologia / arqueologia, Archaeology, Archeology, Archeology (arts and humanities), Biodiversidade, Biotecnología, Ciências agrárias i, Ciências ambientais, Ciências biológicas i, Ciencias humanas, Ciencias sociales, Ensino, Historia, Interdisciplinar, Psicología, Saúde coletiva, Sociología
    Direcció de correo del autor: jordi.rosell@urv.cat
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    Paleolític mig
    Pleistocè mig
    Qesem cave
    Anthropology
    Archeology
    Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
    Antropología
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Archaeology
    Biodiversidade
    Biotecnología
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciencias sociales
    Ensino
    Historia
    Interdisciplinar
    Psicología
    Saúde coletiva
    Sociología
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