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	STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: UPPER PALEOLITHIC AHMARIAN LITHIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE LEVANT
	Goring-Morris, Nigel; Davidzon, Angela
通讯作者	Goring-Morris, N
来源期刊	ANTHROPOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN	0323-1119
出版年	2006
卷号	44 期号:1 页码:93-111
英文摘要	Several recent refitting studies of Early Upper Paleolithic Ahmarian assemblages from the arid margins of the southern Levant have enabled the systematic investigation of their distinctive technology. The reconstruction of the Ahmarian chaine operatoire presented herewith is based on the assemblage from Nahal Nizzana XIII in the western Negev lowlands. It seems that the method involves the use of a narrow N-fronted "row boat" core preform with a plain, acute angled platform. The primary focus of knapping was the provision of series of predetermined, distinctive pointed blade/let blanks for el-Wad points (and perforators). These blanks were produced using platform abrasion and a soft stone percussor. Secondary blanks for other tool classes mostly derive either from decortication and setting up the core preform or during core maintenance by means of core tablets, both usually with a harder hammerstone. The elegance of this integrated method to the knapping concept used at Nahal Nizzana XIII is further demonstrated by comparisons with other Ahmarian assemblages in the region. Seemingly greater variability is displayed by Ahmarian-related assemblages in the Mediterranean zone, where an opposed platform technology supplements the distinctive "N-fronted" method outlined above. Contrary to longstanding and widespread anecdotal claims, there is little evidence for systematic use of the punch technique in the Ahmarian; rather the knapping mode combined two complementary stone hammer types according to the knapping stages. Finally, possible antecedents for the Ahmarian are examined. It seems likely that a poorly documented intermediate phase probably separates Intermediate (MP/UP) Boker Tachtit-like assemblages from the Ahmarian.
英文关键词	Upper Paleolithic Levant Chaine operatoire Ahmarian Lithic technology Refitting
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000422552400007
WOS类目	Anthropology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology
来源机构	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/328811
作者单位	[Goring-Morris, Nigel; Davidzon, Angela] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Archaeol, Dept Prehist, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Goring-Morris, Nigel,Davidzon, Angela. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: UPPER PALEOLITHIC AHMARIAN LITHIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE LEVANT[J]. Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2006,44(1):93-111.
APA	Goring-Morris, Nigel,&Davidzon, Angela.(2006).STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: UPPER PALEOLITHIC AHMARIAN LITHIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE LEVANT.ANTHROPOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION,44(1),93-111.
MLA	Goring-Morris, Nigel,et al."STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: UPPER PALEOLITHIC AHMARIAN LITHIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE LEVANT".ANTHROPOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION 44.1(2006):93-111.