From Triangles to Rectangles: Exploring Change Over Time at the Epipalaeolithic Site of Kharaneh IV, Jordan

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The multi-component Epipalaeolithic site of Kharaneh IV, located in the Azraq Basin of eastern Jordan, documents ~1,000 years of occupation by hunter-gatherer groups late in the Last Glacial Maximum. Multiple lines of geomorphological, faunal, and archaeobotanical evidence indicate that the environs around the site were well-watered, lushly vegetated, and rich in a wide variety of animal species, clearly drawing human populations to the area. Early and Middle Epipalaeolithic groups congregated repeatedly and for prolonged periods in this verdant landscape, perhaps even coming from the Mediterranean and Red Sea areas. This poster discusses changes in lithic technology at the site from the Early to the Middle Epipalaeolithic. These changes will be examined through the conceptual framework of the chaîne opératoire; where the entire production, use, and discard sequence is considered integral to understanding how stone tools were developed and maintained at such an aggregation site. Changes in the chaîne opératoire from the Early to the Middle Epipalaeolithic illuminate the different strategies employed by the inhabitants of Kharaneh IV, and when paired with other aspects of material culture, highlight changes in these communities over time and their adaptations to a dynamic landscape unlike that of today.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41497.0