Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals

Bridget Alex; Omry Barzilai; Israel Hershkovitz; Ofer Marder; Francesco Berna; Valentina Caracuta; Talia Abulafia; Lauren Davis; Mae Goder-Goldberger; Ron Lavi; Eugenia Mintz; Lior Regev; Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer; José-Miguel Tejero; Reuven Yeshurun; Avner Ayalon; Mira Bar-Matthews; Gal Yasur; Amos Frumkin; Bruce Latimer; Mark G. Hans; Elisabetta Boaretto

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701450

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Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals

View ORCID ProfileBridget Alex¹,*,
View ORCID ProfileOmry Barzilai²,*,
View ORCID ProfileIsrael Hershkovitz³,⁴,
View ORCID ProfileOfer Marder⁵,
View ORCID ProfileFrancesco Berna⁶,
Valentina Caracuta⁷,⁸,
Talia Abulafia⁵,
View ORCID ProfileLauren Davis⁵,
Mae Goder-Goldberger⁵,
View ORCID ProfileRon Lavi⁹,
Eugenia Mintz⁸,
View ORCID ProfileLior Regev⁸,
View ORCID ProfileDaniella Bar-Yosef Mayer⁴,¹⁰,¹¹,
View ORCID ProfileJosé-Miguel Tejero¹²,¹³,
View ORCID ProfileReuven Yeshurun¹⁴,
Avner Ayalon¹⁵,
Mira Bar-Matthews¹⁵,
View ORCID ProfileGal Yasur¹⁵,
Amos Frumkin¹⁶,
Bruce Latimer¹⁷,¹⁸,
Mark G. Hans¹⁷ and
View ORCID ProfileElisabetta Boaretto⁸,*

¹Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
²Archaeological Research Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, POB 586, Jerusalem 91004, Israel.
³Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research, Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁴The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
⁵Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.
⁶Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
⁷Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, University of Salento, Lecce 73100, Italy.
⁸Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, DANGOOR Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
⁹8 Dan Street, Modi′in 7173161, Israel.
¹⁰Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
¹¹Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, U.S.A.
¹²CNRS, UMR 7041, ArScAn équipe Ethnologie préhistorique, 92023 Nanterre, France.
¹³Seminari d’Estudis I Recerques Prehistòriques, Universitat de Barcelona, 08001 Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁴Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
¹⁵Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel.
¹⁶Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
¹⁷Department of Orthodontics, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
¹⁸Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: balex{at}fas.harvard.edu (B.A.); omry{at}israntique.org.il (O.B.); elisabetta.boaretto{at}weizmann.ac.il (E.B.)

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Science Advances 15 Nov 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 11, e1701450
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701450

Bridget Alex

1Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Omry Barzilai

2Archaeological Research Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, POB 586, Jerusalem 91004, Israel.

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Israel Hershkovitz

3Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research, Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

4The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.

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Ofer Marder

5Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.

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Francesco Berna

6Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.

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Valentina Caracuta

7Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, University of Salento, Lecce 73100, Italy.

8Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, DANGOOR Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

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Talia Abulafia

5Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.

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Lauren Davis

5Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.

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Mae Goder-Goldberger

5Department of Bible, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel.

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Ron Lavi

98 Dan Street, Modi′in 7173161, Israel.

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Eugenia Mintz

8Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, DANGOOR Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

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Lior Regev

8Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, DANGOOR Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

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Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer

4The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.

10Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.

11Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, U.S.A.

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José-Miguel Tejero

12CNRS, UMR 7041, ArScAn équipe Ethnologie préhistorique, 92023 Nanterre, France.

13Seminari d’Estudis I Recerques Prehistòriques, Universitat de Barcelona, 08001 Barcelona, Spain.

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Reuven Yeshurun

14Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.

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Avner Ayalon

15Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel.

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Mira Bar-Matthews

15Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel.

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Gal Yasur

15Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel.

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Amos Frumkin

16Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.

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Bruce Latimer

17Department of Orthodontics, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

18Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

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Mark G. Hans

17Department of Orthodontics, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

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Elisabetta Boaretto

8Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, DANGOOR Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

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For correspondence: balex@fas.harvard.edu omry@israntique.org.il elisabetta.boaretto@weizmann.ac.il

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