Geoarchaeology and new research at Jerf al‐Ajla Cave, Syria

This study reviews geoarchaeological research on several Paleolithic sites in the Syrian steppe‐desert, and reports on renewed geoarchaeological investigations at the cave site of Jerf al‐Ajla, near the oasis town of Palmyra in central Syria. Major Middle Paleolithic complexes are associated with extensive exposed Eocene and Cretaceous chert‐bearing formations, particularly at sites near permanent water sources. Renewed field investigations at …