 Jamal Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel | |
  Location in Israel | |
| Location | Western Carmel region, Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°41′07″N 35°04′33″E / 32.6854°N 35.0759°E |
| Altitude | 45 m (148 ft)above sea level[1] |
| Type | Karst cave |
| Width | 9 meters |
| Height | 12 meters |
| History | |
| Periods | Paleolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | Dorothy Garrod (1930s), Mina Evron (1992-1994) |
| Designated | 2012 |
| Reference no. | 1393 |
| The site contains Paleolithic stone tools and dates back approximately 220,000 years. | |
Jamal cave is an archaeological and prehistoric site in the western Carmel region, part of the Nahal Mearot prehistoric site, along with three other caves in its vicinity Tabun Cave, Nahal Cave, and el-Wad Cave.[2][3] Which were proclaimed as having universal value by UNESCO in 2012.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ocbow-2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Weinstein-Evron, Mina; Tsatskin, Alexander (1994). "The Jamal Cave Is Not Empty: Recent Discoveries in the Mount Carmel Caves, Israel". Paléorient. 20 (2): 119–128. doi:10.3406/paleo.1994.965. ISSN 0153-9345. JSTOR 41492592.
- ^ "Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve". Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Conard, Nicholas John; Delagnes, Anne (2001). Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age (PDF). Tübingen: Kerns. ISBN 978-3-935751-22-3.