HK148b Aterian Hut Site, Har Karkom, Israel, Gallery 1 -- SE Sector
c. greater than 100,000 to 24,000 BP; view east

Aterian hutfloor HK 148b in its landscape setting, E. Anati Har Karkom Expedition, 4 April 1996. Facing east. The hutfloor is a large circular cleared area, 9 meters at its widest, in the hamada, the surface of flint pebbles and nodules. To the east is the cliff edge with the Nahal Paran desert valley floor below and Jordanian hills over 70 kilometers in the distance across the Arabah Valley. The cliff face drops away almost straight down. It is awe-inspiring.

Photo © James Harrod. James Harrod site photos taken on Emmanuel Anati Har Karkom Expedition, April 1996.
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