Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology.
While predetermined débitage technologies are recognized beginning with the middle Acheulian, the Middle Paleolithic is usually associated with a sharp increase in their use. A study of scraper-blank technology from three Yabrudian assemblages retrieved from the early part of the Acheulo-Yabrudian c...
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| author | Ron Shimelmitz Steven L Kuhn Avraham Ronen Mina Weinstein-Evron |
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| description | While predetermined débitage technologies are recognized beginning with the middle Acheulian, the Middle Paleolithic is usually associated with a sharp increase in their use. A study of scraper-blank technology from three Yabrudian assemblages retrieved from the early part of the Acheulo-Yabrudian complex of Tabun Cave (ca. 415-320 kyr) demonstrates a calculated and preplanned production, even if it does not show the same complexity and elaboration as in the Levallois technology. These scraper dominated assemblages show an organization of production based on an intensive use of predetermination blank technology already in place at the end of the Lower Paleolithic of the Levant. These results provide a novel perspective on the differences and similarities between the Lower and Middle Paleolithic industries. We suggest that there was a change in the paradigm in the way hominins exploited stone tools: in many Middle Paleolithic assemblages the potential of the stone tools for hafting was a central feature, in the Lower Paleolithic ergonometric considerations of manual prehension were central to the design of blanks and tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b79ca92e978840e0963da4d264f84e072022-12-22T00:51:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0199e10629310.1371/journal.pone.0106293Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology.Ron ShimelmitzSteven L KuhnAvraham RonenMina Weinstein-EvronWhile predetermined débitage technologies are recognized beginning with the middle Acheulian, the Middle Paleolithic is usually associated with a sharp increase in their use. A study of scraper-blank technology from three Yabrudian assemblages retrieved from the early part of the Acheulo-Yabrudian complex of Tabun Cave (ca. 415-320 kyr) demonstrates a calculated and preplanned production, even if it does not show the same complexity and elaboration as in the Levallois technology. These scraper dominated assemblages show an organization of production based on an intensive use of predetermination blank technology already in place at the end of the Lower Paleolithic of the Levant. These results provide a novel perspective on the differences and similarities between the Lower and Middle Paleolithic industries. We suggest that there was a change in the paradigm in the way hominins exploited stone tools: in many Middle Paleolithic assemblages the potential of the stone tools for hafting was a central feature, in the Lower Paleolithic ergonometric considerations of manual prehension were central to the design of blanks and tools.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4156331?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Ron Shimelmitz Steven L Kuhn Avraham Ronen Mina Weinstein-Evron Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. PLoS ONE |
| title | Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. |
| title_full | Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. |
| title_fullStr | Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. |
| title_short | Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. |
| title_sort | predetermined flake production at the lower middle paleolithic boundary yabrudian scraper blank technology |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4156331?pdf=render |
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