H 245 x W 174 mm
216 pages
84 figures, 54 tables (52 pages in colour)
Published Jul 2021
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789699340
Digital: 9781789699357
Keywords
Lower Paleolithic; Acheulo-Yabrudian; Levant; Lithic procurement strategies; Lithic exploitation; Israel
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This volume examines patterns of flint procurement and exploitation at the Acheulo-Yabrudian site Qesem Cave, Israel. The results show how flint had a major impact on early human decision-making and social and cultural lifeways during the Late Lower Paleolithic of the Levant.
List of Figures ;
List of Tables ;
Acknowledgments ;
Introduction ;
Introduction ;
The archaeological contexts ;
The Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex ;
Qesem Cave ;
Geological background ;
Archaeological raw material studies ;
Materials and Methods ;
Materials ;
Methods ;
The Blind Test Evaluation ;
Blind test evaluation of consistency in macroscopic lithic raw material sorting ;
The rationale behind the blind test ;
The blind test – materials and methods ;
Blind test results ;
The significance of the blind test ;
Conclusions and implication of the blind test ;
Data Analysis ;
Results ;
The potential flint sources ;
Petrographic data ;
Geochemical analysis ;
The assignment of the QC flint types to potential geologic origins ;
Data analysis ;
Discussion and Conclusions ;
Appendix ;
The QC flint types ;
The QC groups of flint types ;
The identified potential flint sources ;
References