Structured central hearth and domestic space
Hogar central estructurado y organización del espacio doméstico
- Date
- c. 300 ka · confidence high
- Place
- Qesem Cave, Israel
- Credited to
- Homo heidelbergensis / late Levantine Homo antecessor
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A 4 m² hearth used repeatedly, with knapping and butchery areas around it, shows for the first time a domestic space organised around fire.
What it led to
- The concept of home as a recurring place of return
- Zoning of the camp: workshop, kitchen, resting area
- Prolonged socialising around the fire: language and storytelling
Built on
- Control of firec. 1 Ma
- Control of fire