Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves

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World Heritage Site archaeological site paleoanthropological site prehistoric cave complex

Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves is a prehistoric cave complex on Israel’s Mount Carmel that preserves exceptional archaeological and paleoanthropological evidence of early human evolution and cultural development.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves 1
Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves canonical 1
UNESCO World Heritage prehistoric caves at Nahal Me’arot 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
paleoanthropological site ⓘ
prehistoric cave complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
surface form: Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves

Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriodRepresented Epipaleolithic ⓘ
Lower Paleolithic ⓘ
Middle Paleolithic ⓘ
Natufian culture ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
associatedWith Neanderthals ⓘ
early anatomically modern humans ⓘ
contains Jamâl Cave ⓘ
surface form: Jamāl Cave

Skhul Cave ⓘ
Tabun Cave ⓘ
el-Wad Cave ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
geologicalSetting limestone caves ⓘ
hasEarliestOccupationDate about 500,000 years ago (approximate) ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf early architecture and structures ⓘ
fire use ⓘ
hasFeature interpretive trails ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus nature reserve ⓘ
locatedIn Haifa District ⓘ
Mount Carmel ⓘ
Northern District, Israel ⓘ
surface form: northern Israel
locatedNear Kibbutz Ein Carmel ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
managingOrganization Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
notableFor evidence of transition from hunter-gatherer to sedentary life ⓘ
faunal remains ⓘ
human burials ⓘ
long stratigraphic sequence of human occupation ⓘ
well-preserved stone tools ⓘ
partOf Mount Carmel biosphere reserve ⓘ
region Coastal Plain of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean coast of Israel
significance preserves evidence of cultural development of prehistoric humans ⓘ
preserves evidence of early human evolution ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 1393 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearOfInscription 2012 ⓘ
usedFor educational tourism ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carmel Range → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
Mount Carmel → contains → Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage prehistoric caves at Nahal Me’arot
Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve → heritageDesignation → Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage property "Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves"
Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves → alsoKnownAs → Nahal Me’arot and Carmel Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves