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Karavanic, Ivor. 2007. Le Moustérien en Croatie -- Mousterian in Croatia. L’Anthropologie, doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2007.04.002
Abstract:
This paper summarises results of the research on Middle Paleolithic of Croatia with a focus on Mousterian industry. The Hrvatsko zagorje (northwestern, continental part of Croatia) and Adriatic coast with its hinterland are physically divided by the Dinarid mountains, and present two different landscapes for the adaptation of Mousterian people. The sites in northwestern Croatia are represented by cave sites, while in Dalmatia, where the climate is milder, open-air sites are more frequent than the caves. During the early Mousterian of northwestern Croatia, Levallois method at Krapina and Vindija sites and cobble wedge method at Krapina [Journal of human evolution 32 (1997) 561–75] were used. Levallois debitage was also present in the late Mousterian assemblages from eastern Adriatic sites, but is absent in the late Mousterian of Hrvatsko zagorje. Sites on the eastern Adriatic coast are often characterized by tools of small size (like the ones of the so-called Micromousterian) and significant presence of denticulates and notched pieces. In both northwestern Croatia and Dalmatia Mousterian people effectively exploited local raw material sources and successfully adapted to different environmental conditions of these regions.
Keywords: Middle Paleolithic; Mousterian industry; Croatia
Bourg, Hélène. 2007. Économie de production au Paléolithique moyen proche-oriental : la couche VI 3 a’ d’Umm el Tlel (Syrie centrale) -- Production economy at Middle Palaeolithic of the Near-East: VI 3 a’ level from Umm el Tlel (central Syria). L’Anthropologie, doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2007.04.003
Abstract:
Based on the lithical material from Umm el Tlel VI 3 a’ level, the goal of this study is to show the importance and the potentiality of the technological approach, in general, and of studies about central Syria, in particular. First, description of the archaeological and scientific context will be made, following by the technological study. This one results in a differing production in space and time, with at least three distinct ‘‘chaînes opératoires’’.
Keywords: Middle Palaeolithic; Near-East; Levallois concept; Levallois Point; Variability; ‘‘Chaînes opératoires’’
Darlas, Andréas. 2007. Le Moustérien de Grèce à la lumière des récentes recherches -- The Mousterian of Greece under the light of recent research. L’Anthropologie doi:10.1016/j.anthro.2007.04.001
Abstract:
Thanks to recent research and the re-evaluation of the archaeological material coming from older research, the Mousterian of Greece has started to become better known. Aside the surface findings, which testify the presence of Mousterian throughout the entire continental Greece, only five Middle Paleolithic sites have been excavated. Almost every remnant has been dated to the last ice age. All lithics belong to the ‘‘typical’’ Mousterian, while the Quina Mousterian has not been certainly testified. The Levallois method is almost always present, more or less frequent, but always dominated by non-Levallois methods. The recurrent variations, mostly centripetal, have been more frequently used. The ‘‘Micromousterian’’ of Asprochaliko is the only lithic assemblage from which the Levallois method is absent.
Keywords: Mousterian; Greece; Asprochaliko; Theopetra; Klissoura; Kalamakia; Lakonis
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