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(Redirected from Palestine Man) Archaeological site in Israel
Zuttiyeh Cave
Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh
Entrance to Zuttiyeh Cave, Galilee
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Alternative nameCave of the Robbers
RegionUpper Galilee, Israel
Coordinates32°51′58″N 35°30′21″E / 32.866173°N 35.505728°E / 32.866173; 35.505728
Typelimestone cave
History
CulturesAcheulo-Yabrudian complex
Associated withHomo heidelbergensis
Site notes
ArchaeologistsFrancis Turville-Petre

Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh ("Cave of the Robbers"), also called as the "Skull Cave", is a prehistoric archaeological site in Upper Galilee, Israel. It is situated 2,900 m (9,500 ft) from the Nahal Amud outlet, approximately 30 m (98 ft) above the wadi bed (148 m (486 ft) below sea level). It was found to house a fossil today known as the "Galilee skull" or "The Yabrudian Man".

Hill of the Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh cave

History

Discovered in 1925, the skull was the first fossilised archaic human found in Western Asia. Together with the remains found at Es Skhul and the Wadi el-Mughara Caves, this find was classified in 1939 by Arthur Keith and Theodore D. McCown as Palaeoanthropus palestinensis. Today its taxonomy is that of Homo heidelbergensis.

Zuttiyeh cave is at the opening of a limestone ravine where Nahal Amud turns eastward, 250 m (820 ft) above a smaller cave known as Mugharet el-Emireh (Cave of the Princess).

A cast of the Galilee skull, Israel Museum

The cave was excavated from 1925 to 1926 by Francis Turville-Petre. It was the first paleontological excavation in the region. Turville-Petre discovered a skull, referred to as the Galilee Skull, that was initially described as the second Neanderthal-like specimen. It was originally attributed to a Mousterian stratum and is now thought to be from an earlier Acheulo-Yabrudian complex. Later studies showed that the face was relatively flat, with no evidence of Neanderthal-like facial prognathism.

The frontal bone and part of the upper face were found in the Mugharan level, which leads to an estimate of the age of the fossil to range from 200 to 500 kya. Similarities with Zhoukoudian remains suggest a possible ancestral relationship.

The skull is housed in the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem along with many other findings of Turville-Petre. A cast of the skull is on display at the Israel Museum.

See also

References

  1. Freidline, S.E.; Gunz, P.; Janković, I.; Harvati, K.; Hublin, J.J. (2012). "A comprehensive morphometric analysis of the frontal and zygomatic bone of the Zuttiyeh fossil from Israel" (PDF). Journal of Human Evolution. 62 (2): 225–241. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.005. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. Human Evolution (2011-12-17). "The Zuttiyeh specimen from Israel, Galilee Skull or The Palestinian Skull". Pfpuech.newsvine.com. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  3. ^ Rast, Walter E. (1992). Through the Ages in Palestinian Archaeology: An Introductory Handbook. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 50. ISBN 9781563380556. "Galilee man" (lowercase "m") in this source is a typo – ref. Solo Man, Peking Man and so forth.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ Cohen, Getzel M.; Joukowsky, Martha (2004). Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists. University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  5. The stone age of Mount Carmel : report of the Joint Expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and the American School of Prehistoric Research, 1929–1934, p. 18
  6. ^ Cartmill, Matt; Smith, Fred H. (2009). The Human Lineage. John Wiley & Sons. p. 320. ISBN 978-0471214915. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  7. Pettitt, Paul (2013). The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial. Routledge. p. 59.Rabett, Ryan J. (2012). Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic: Hominin Dispersal and Behaviour during the Late Quaternary. Cambridge University Press. p. 90.
  8. Garrod, D. E. A. (1955). "The Mugharet el-Emireh in Lower Galilee: Type-Station of the Emiran Industry". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 85 (1/2): 141–162. doi:10.2307/2844188. JSTOR 2844188.
  9. ^ "The Israel Museum Permanent Exhibitions: Archaeology Wing – The Dawn of Civilization". New York: The Ridgefield Foundation. 1995. Skull (cast) Zuttiyeh Cave Lower Palaeolithic. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  10. Itzik, Gisis; Bar-Yosef, Ofer (1974). "Excavations in Wadi Amud". Paléorient. 2 (1). Persee.fr: 175–180. doi:10.3406/paleo.1974.4180. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  11. http://pages.nycep.org/ed/download/pdf/NMG%2043.pdf
  12. Sohn, Songy; Wolpoff, Milford H. (2013-03-25). "Zuttiyeh face: A view from the East" (PDF). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 91 (3): 325–47. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330910307. hdl:2027.42/37665. PMID 8333489.

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