phantom hearth (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Hlubik. J.W.K. Harris. David Braun. Francesco Berna. Craig Feibel.

Identifying the control and use of fire in domestic spaces in the Early Pleistocene is contentious, due to the lack of physical evidence preserved in the record. The ephemeral nature of fires results in a sparse archaeological record. Further, the evidence for fire may degrade quickly depending on the depositional context of the burial environment. The potential for identifying fire in the early Pleistocene archaeological record, where accepted hearth features are unknown, relies heavily on...