Flint Procurement and Exploitation Strategies in the Late Lower Paleolithic Levant
A View from Acheulo-Yabrudian Qesem Cave (Israel)
By (author) Aviad Agam
Paperback (Published)
(July 2021)
ISBN: 9781789699340
6.85 x 9.65 inches
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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.
Flint Procurement and Exploitation Strategies in the Late Lower Paleolithic Levant examines twelve lithic assemblages from Qesem Cave. Potential flint sources were located, petrographic thin sections of archaeological and geologic samples were studied, and a geochemical analysis was performed. The results show that flint from local Turonian sources was often brought to the cave, forming most of the identified flint. Flint from non-Turonian geologic origins was also used in noteworthy proportions, in specific typotechnological categories. The availability of desired flints around the cave, highly suitable for the production of the commonly-used blades, as well as for the production of other tools, probably played a role in the decision to settle there. The notable proportions of non-Turonian flint types, a pattern that repeats itself through time, demonstrate consistency in accessing sources containing non-local flint, implying the existence of knowledge transmission mechanisms concerning the distribution of sources and the suitability of specific flint types for the production of specific blanks/tools.
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, 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
- By (author) Aviad Agam
'...this book is another important piece of the puzzle in our effort to reconstruct the lithic landscape of the southern Levant and, with its abundant illustrations, it therefore is an important reference work.' – Christophe Delage (2023): Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies Volume 11, Issue 1
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