PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alex, Bridget
AU  - Barzilai, Omry
AU  - Hershkovitz, Israel
AU  - Marder, Ofer
AU  - Berna, Francesco
AU  - Caracuta, Valentina
AU  - Abulafia, Talia
AU  - Davis, Lauren
AU  - Goder-Goldberger, Mae
AU  - Lavi, Ron
AU  - Mintz, Eugenia
AU  - Regev, Lior
AU  - Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella
AU  - Tejero, José-Miguel
AU  - Yeshurun, Reuven
AU  - Ayalon, Avner
AU  - Bar-Matthews, Mira
AU  - Yasur, Gal
AU  - Frumkin, Amos
AU  - Latimer, Bruce
AU  - Hans, Mark G.
AU  - Boaretto, Elisabetta
TI  - Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals
AID  - 10.1126/sciadv.1701450
DP  - 2017 Nov 01
TA  - Science Advances
PG  - e1701450
VI  - 3
IP  - 11
4099  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e1701450.short
4100  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e1701450.full
SO  - Sci Adv2017 Nov 01; 3
AB  - The timing of archeological industries in the Levant is central for understanding the spread of modern humans with Upper Paleolithic traditions. We report a high-resolution radiocarbon chronology for Early Upper Paleolithic industries (Early Ahmarian and Levantine Aurignacian) from the newly excavated site of Manot Cave, Israel. The dates confirm that the Early Ahmarian industry was present by 46,000 calibrated years before the present (cal BP), and the Levantine Aurignacian occurred at least between 38,000 and 34,000 cal BP. This timing is consistent with proposed migrations or technological diffusions between the Near East and Europe. Specifically, the Ahmarian could have led to the development of the Protoaurignacian in Europe, and the Aurignacian in Europe could have spread back to the Near East as the Levantine Aurignacian.