Another Side of the Amudian Industry at Qesem Cave, Israel: The Southern Area Lithic Assemblage. (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Assaf, Ella; Barkai, Ran; Gopher, Avi
• Is Part Of: Lithic technology. Volume 42:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 161
• Page End: 178
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Qesem Cave -- Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex -- lithic analysis -- Amudian industry -- variability; Stone implements -- Periodicals; Tools, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Periodicals; 621.9009012
• DOI: 10.1080/01977261.2017.1393222
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0197-7261

Abstract

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.