General Information

Site Name:

Tabun

Synonym Name(s):

Site Type:

cave

More info to Site Type: 

Discovery Year: 

1.929

First Description: 

[PublicBibliographySpace:Garrod, Bate 1937]

Chronological Abstract: 

Location

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Country:

Asia::Southwest Asia::Levant::Israel

General Location Description:

The cave Mugharat-et-Tabun lies on the left side of the valley Wadi-el-Mugharat, in 63 m height. This site is only 150-200 m away from Mugharat-et-Skhul of the Mount Carmel. About 19 km S of Haifa.

Coordinates:

  • Latitude (WGS84):
32,67
  • Longitude (WGS84):
34,966
  • Altitude:

 

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Linked Files + Pages

Collection Item(s):

Bibliography:

[PublicBibliographySpace:Mercier, Valladas 2003] [PublicBibliographySpace:McDermott et al 1993b] [PublicBibliographySpace:Coppa et al 2005] [PublicBibliographySpace:Bordes 1984]

Multimedia Files:

Linked Pages:

Israel - Neanderthal

[Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabun,_Israel]

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Additional Content
Lost infant? In the recently rediscovered archive of Dorrothy Garrod a letter has been found that mentions the remains of a child, which should have lied directly next to the humerus of Tabun 1 (Smith et al. 1997). However, it is not clear, whether this was a misinterpretation of faunal remains or whether there was indeed the skeleton of a child that has been lost or destroyed during the excavation (for details see Bar-Yosef, Callander 1999, 881).

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