Publication Date:
2024-04-22
Description:
The excavation of the open-air Epipaleolithic site Jordan River Dureijat revealed a stratigraphic sequence 2.2 meters in length along the east wall of the excavation area, which we have sampled continuously at an interval of 1-cm. These sediments have been analyzed with respect to sediment-grain size, total organic carbon content and calcium carbonate content. The proxy datasets are presented along with the chronostratigraphic model for sediment accumulation at the site, produced using ten radiocarbon-dated charcoal samples and the Bayesian modeling program OxCal (version 4.4). Through these investigations we have been able to reconstruct environmental conditions in the Hula Valley during the time period c. 21.1 – 11.3 cal ka BP, an era of unprecedented social and cultural change in the Levant.
Keywords:
AreaB_ewps; Bayesian Modeling; Calcium carbonate; Calcium Carbonate; Calendar age; Calendar age, maximum/old; Calendar age, minimum/young; Carbon, organic, total; Carbonate bomb (Müller & Gastner, 1971); Clay; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Eastern Mediterranean; ELEVATION; Grain Size; Grain size, mean; Grain size parameters (Folk and Ward, 1957); HAND; Hula Valley, Israel; Israel; Jordan River Dureijat Excavation; JRD; Lake sediment; lake sediment proxies; Laser diffraction particle size analyzer, Malvern Panalytical, Mastersizer 2000; coupled with a Hydro2000g wet dispersion unit; Last Glacial Maximum; Median, grain size; Middle East; OxCal 4.4 Poisson-process deposition model feature; Paleolimnology; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; Sample code/label; Sampling by hand; Sand; Silt; Stratigraphic bed; TOC, total organic carbon; Total Organic Carbon
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 2736 data points
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