The lithic industries from Area C: typo-technological characteristics

Summary

The lithic assemblages from Area C derive from a thick section composed reworked terra rossa soil of dark brown to reddish brown, loose clay to silty clay loam with abundant biogenic and anthropogenic materials subdivided into eight units.

The depositional sequence of the units is in a chronological order as shown by radiocarbon and U-Th dates (Hershkovitz et al., 2015). A typotechnological analysis of the all units suggest a shift in industries though the sequence. Unit 2-3 are small assemblage which seems to be associated with post-Aurignacian/Aurignacian industry. Unit 4 is Aurignacian as it includes typical components such as twisted bladelets, carinated/nosed end-scrapers, flat end-scrapers, dofour blades, burins and bone and antler tools, and preference for flake production. Unit 5 contains both Aurignacian and Ahmarian components. The upper part resembles unit 4. While the rest show Aurignacian characteristics and some Ahmarian as well. Unit 6 the upper part is also mixed, but the lower shows more Ahmarian elements. Unit 7 represents a homogenous unit that shows a clear preference for bladelet production. The El-wad points and its variant are very common for the Ahmarian as well as a few MP artifacts that seem to extend to Unit 8.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Manot Cave: In Search of Modern Humans

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Abstract Id(s): 16998