Another Side of the Amudian Industry at Qesem Cave, Israel: The Southern Area Lithic Assemblage

Ella Assaf; Ran Barkai; Avi Gopher

doi:10.1080/01977261.2017.1393222

Another Side of the Amudian Industry at Qesem Cave, Israel: The Southern Area Lithic Assemblage

Ella Assaf, Ran Barkai, Avi Gopher

Department of Archaeology

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

This paper describes the techno-typological affinities of a specific Acheulo-Yabrudian lithic assemblage dated to over 300 ka years ago from Qesem Cave, a middle Pleistocene site in central Israel. Aspects of blade production, knapping trajectories, and lithic recycling are examined in detail, demonstrating that this assemblage, notwithstanding its initial attribution to the blade-dominated Amudian industry, has some specific characteristics differing from other Amudian assemblages in the cave. The study discusses similarities and differences within the Amudian industry and offers a broader view of the variability within the Amudian industry of Qesem Cave.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-178
Number of pages	18
Journal	Lithic Technology
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2017.1393222
State	Published - 2 Oct 2017

Keywords

Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex
Amudian industry
Qesem Cave
lithic analysis
variability

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Archaeology
Anthropology
Archaeology

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