Front Cover; The Quaternary of Israel; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; QUATERNARY STUDIES IN ISRAEL; CONCEPTS AND AIMS OF THE PRESENT SYNTHESIS; TERMINOLOGY; Chapter 2. Present-Day Configuration; MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE PATTERN; CLIMATE; SOILS; ENVIRONMENTS, FAUNA, AND FLORA; RECENT EROSIONAL AND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES; SEISMICITY AND RECENT TECTONIC ACTIVITY; Chapter 3. Structure and Tectonic Development of Israel; STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE LEVANT

Chapter 4. Pre-Quaternary Geology of IsraelPRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT COMPLEX; LOWER CLASTIC DIVISION; MIDDLE CALCAREOUS DIVISION; UPPER CLASTIC DIVISION; Chapter 5. Quaternary Stratigraphy; MARINE SEDIMENTS; LITTORAL SEDIMENTS; BEACHES AND SHORELINES; COASTAL PLAIN TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; RIVERS AND FLUVIATILE SEDIMENTS; AEOLIAN SEDIMENTS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; KARST, CAVES, AND TRAVERTINES; PALEOSOLS; ABSOLUTE DATINGS; CONCLUSION: STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS; Chapter 6. Palynology; RECENT POLLEN SPECTRA; QUATERNARY POLLEN SPECTRA

POLLEN ANALYSES OF ARCHAEOLOGIC AND PREHISTORIC SITESChapter 7. Quaternary Fauna; VERTEBRATE AND MOLLUSK BEARING DEPOSITS; ORIGINS OF THE FAUNA OF ISRAEL; ORIGINS OF FAUNA: A GENERAL CONSIDERATION; Chapter 8. Anthropology; THE SEARCH FOR EARLY MAN IN ISRAEL; PALEOLITHIC INDUSTRIES; EPIPALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC INDUSTRIES; ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE IN ISRAEL; POST-NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; Chapter 9. Conclusions; QUATERNARY MORPHOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF ISRAEL; QUATERNARY PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT; CLIMATE; CHRONOLOGY; References; Index