Kebara Cave | |
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Location | Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°33′29.8″N 34°56′14.3″E / 32.558278°N 34.937306°E |
Elevation | 60 to 65 m (197 to 213 ft) above sea level |
Discovery | Early 1930s |
Geology | Limestone |
Kebara Cave ( Hebrew: מערת כבארה, romanized: Me'arat Kebbara, Arabic: مغارة الكبارة, romanized: Mugharat al-Kabara) is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 to 65 m (197 to 213 ft) above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov. [1]
The cave was inhabited between 60,000 and 48,000 BP and is famous for its excavated finds of hominid remains.
Dorothy Garrod and Francis Turville-Petre excavated in the cave in the early 1930s. Excavations have since yielded a large number of human remains associated with a Mousterian archaeological context. The first specimen discovered in 1965, during the excavations of M. Stekelis, was an incomplete infant skeleton (Kebara 1). [2]
The most significant discovery made at Kebara Cave was Kebara 2 in 1982, the most complete postcranial Neanderthal skeleton found to date. Nicknamed "Moshe" and dating to circa 60,000 BP, the skeleton preserved a large part of one individual's torso ( vertebral column, ribs and pelvis). The cranium and most of the lower limbs were missing. The hyoid bone was also preserved, and was the first Neanderthal hyoid bone found. [3]
The Kebaran culture is named after the site.
Kebara Cave | |
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Location | Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°33′29.8″N 34°56′14.3″E / 32.558278°N 34.937306°E |
Elevation | 60 to 65 m (197 to 213 ft) above sea level |
Discovery | Early 1930s |
Geology | Limestone |
Kebara Cave ( Hebrew: מערת כבארה, romanized: Me'arat Kebbara, Arabic: مغارة الكبارة, romanized: Mugharat al-Kabara) is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 to 65 m (197 to 213 ft) above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov. [1]
The cave was inhabited between 60,000 and 48,000 BP and is famous for its excavated finds of hominid remains.
Dorothy Garrod and Francis Turville-Petre excavated in the cave in the early 1930s. Excavations have since yielded a large number of human remains associated with a Mousterian archaeological context. The first specimen discovered in 1965, during the excavations of M. Stekelis, was an incomplete infant skeleton (Kebara 1). [2]
The most significant discovery made at Kebara Cave was Kebara 2 in 1982, the most complete postcranial Neanderthal skeleton found to date. Nicknamed "Moshe" and dating to circa 60,000 BP, the skeleton preserved a large part of one individual's torso ( vertebral column, ribs and pelvis). The cranium and most of the lower limbs were missing. The hyoid bone was also preserved, and was the first Neanderthal hyoid bone found. [3]
The Kebaran culture is named after the site.