Juniper smoke, skulls and wolves' tails. The Epipalaeolithic of the Anatolian plateau in its South-west Asian context; insights from Pınarbaşı. (November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baird, Douglas; Asouti, Eleni; Astruc, Laurence; Baysal, Adnan; Baysal, Emma; Carruthers, Denise; Fairbairn, Andrew; Kabukcu, Ceren; Jenkins, Emma; Lorentz, Kirsi; Middleton, Caroline; Pearson, Jessica; Pirie, Anne
• Is Part Of: Levant. Volume 45:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 175
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2013-11
• Subjects: sedentism, -- ritual, -- Epipalaeolithic, -- Anatolia, -- Late Glacial climate change, -- Broad Spectrum; Middle East -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Middle East -- History -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Periodicals; 939.4
• DOI: 10.1179/0075891413Z.00000000024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0075-8914

Abstract

Abstract : This paper discusses the only substantive evidence for the Epipalaeolithic of central Anatolia. This evidence allows revised understandings of phenomena often proposed as characteristic of the Epipalaeolithic of South-west Asia including the appearance of sedentism, a putative Broad Spectrum Revolution, intensive plant exploitation and the emergence of distinctive ritual and symbolic practices. It also allows further evaluation of the effect of Late Glacial climate change on human behaviours.