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Bertrams, Manuel, Protze, Jens, Loehrer, Rene, Schyle, Daniel, Richter, Juergen, Hilgers, Alexandra, Klasen, Nicole, Schmidt, Christoph ORCID: 0000-0002-2309-3209 and Lehmkuhl, Frank ORCID: 0000-0002-6876-7377 (2012). Multiple environmental change at the time of the Modern Human passage through the Middle East: First results from geoarcheological investigations on Upper Pleistocene sediments in the Wadi Sabra (Jordan). Quat. Int., 274. S. 55 - 73. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-4553

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Abstract

Upper Pleistocene sediments at Wadi Sabra (Ma'an District, Jordan) were geoarcheologically investigated from 2008-2010. The Wadi Sabra valley system, situated east of the Dead Sea Rift and south of the ancient Nabataean capital of Petra, has preserved sedimentary deposits which are connected with several Upper Paleolithic sites. First results from sedimentological and geochemical analysis supported by archeological and radiometric dating provide evidence of fluvial and fluvio-eolian sedimentation during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 and 2 from at least 38 ka to 18 ka, followed by at least one erosional event that finally determined the recent valley morphology. Several calcretes, buried surfaces and initial soil horizons indicate phases of landscape stability and potentially moister climatic conditions than today. Inferred favorable environment of the time allowed for human occupation of the Wadi Sabra attested throughout the cultural stages of the Initial. Early, and evolved Upper Paleolithic and the early Epipaleolithic, thus illustrating the occurrence of Homo sapiens in the Near East. Field work at Wadi Sabra is expected to further elucidate the Out of Africa II movement of our species, leading modern humans to Europe, possibly via the Middle East and the Balkan Peninsula, both regions now under comparative investigation by the Cologne-Aachen B1 project group of the CRC 806. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bertrams, Manuel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Protze, Jens UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Loehrer, Rene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schyle, Daniel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Richter, Juergen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hilgers, Alexandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klasen, Nicole UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Christoph UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2309-3209 UNSPECIFIED Lehmkuhl, Frank UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6876-7377 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-481607
DOI:	10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.047
Journal or Publication Title:	Quat. Int.
Volume:	274
Page Range:	S. 55 - 73
Date:	2012
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-4553
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DEAD-SEA AREA; ORGANIC-CARBON; AEOLIAN SEDIMENTS; HASA FORMATION; PARTICLE-SIZE; LAKE LISAN; CLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY; SPELEOTHEMS; PALEOENVIRONMENTS Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48160