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- The spatial organization of activities at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, an archaeological site in Israel, shows how early humans designated specific areas for different tasks.
- Analysis of artifacts from around 750,000 years ago reveals that hominins engaged in activities like stone knapping, tool use, and processing of plants and animals in distinct zones.
- The presence of diverse activities and their arrangement near a hearth suggests that these hominins had developed sophisticated organizational skills for living and working together.
Article Abstract
The spatial designation of discrete areas for different activities reflects formalized conceptualization of a living space. The results of spatial analyses of a Middle Pleistocene Acheulian archaeological horizon (about 750,000 years ago) at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, indicate that hominins differentiated their activities (stone knapping, tool use, floral and faunal processing and consumption) across space. These were organized in two main areas, including multiple activities around a hearth. The diversity of human activities and the distinctive patterning with which they are organized implies advanced organizational skills of the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov hominins.
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