http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6099 Entrées d’index fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6104 Detailed geoarchaeological studies of the lowermost sediments (layer G and the base of F) at Tabun allow a more detailed interpretation of environmental changes in the Lower Palaeolithic. Micromorphological techniques coupled with SEM observations in the most ancient beds (G) attest to a strong pedogenesis under warm and humid conditions, with at some point a gley formation. This was followed by an increase in aeolian sand accumulation, and ended (lower layer F) with a new phase of biological activity, more limited than the former. New TL and ESR dates, and preliminary paleomagnetic measurements, place this palaeoenvironmental record between Isotope stages 11 and 19. The cultural remains, the anthropogenic features and the considerable time scale sustain the key position of Tabun as a prehistoric yardstick and a Quaternary type-section. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:51:07 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:51:09 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6104 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6098 This paper aims at summarizing the main chronological framework and characteristics of the cultural entities recognized today within the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Levant. The Lower Palaeolithic incorporates several of the oldest sites, such as ‘Ubeidiya, that can be compared in part to Dmanisi in Georgia. Numerous assemblages and a few samples are recorded in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. The Upper Acheulian is better known and seems to date from the early Middle Pleistocene. The Acheulo-Yabrudian entity is a special culture known only from the northern and central Levant. The Levantine Mousterian is currently at the center of the debate over the origins of modern humans. New TL dates indicate that the early Mousterian manifestations may be 270 kyr old and that the latest are 50–48 kyr old. Middle Palaeolithic sites provide information concerning prehistoric diets, hearths, and human mortuary practices. Mineralogical studies decipher the differences in bone preservation in various caves. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:54:28 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:54:35 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6098