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Author:   A. Nigel Goring-Morris ,  Anna Belfer-Cohen
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.379kg
ISBN:  

9781842170823

ISBN 10:   1842170821
Pages:   315
Publication Date:   15 November 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Current issues in Levantine Upper Palaeolithic research (Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris) Environment and Resources 2. Climatic conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Last Glacial (60-10 ky bp) and their relations ot the upper Palaeolithic in the LevantL oxygen and carbon isotope systematics of cave deposits (Miryam Bar-Matthews and Avner Ayalon) 3. Some observations on Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Ashey Cave and rockshelter depositis in the Near East (Paul Goldberg) 4. The Levantine upper palaeolithic faunal record (Rivka Rabinovich) The Middle to upper Palaeolithic Transition 5. Generating the middle to upper palaeolithic transition: A Chaine Operatoire approach (Michael Chazan) 6. A quest for antecedentsL a comparison of the terminal middle palaeolithic and early upper palaeolithic in the Levant (Gilbert B. Tostevin) 7. The middle/upper palaeolilthic transition in northern and southern Israel: a technological comparison (Josette Sarel and Avraham Ronen) 8. The Tor Sadaf Lithic Assemblages: a technolotical study of the early upper palaeolithic in the Wadi al-Hasa (Jake R. Fox) The Early Upper Palaeolithic 9. Variability and Change in the Early upper Palaeolithic of the Levant (James L. Phillips and Iman N. Saca) 10. The Early upper palaeolithic at Ucagizli Cave (Hatay, Turkey): Some preliminary results (Steven L. Kuhn, Mary C. Stiner, Kristoher W. Kerry and Erksin Gulec) 11. Technology, economy and mobility at the beginning of the Levantine upper palaeolithic (Katherine Monigal) 12. Spatial Patterning in the Upper Palaeolithic: a perspective from the Abu Noshra sites (Mark S. Becker) 13. The Upper Palaeolithic of jordan: New Data from the Wadi al-Hasa (Nancy R. Coinman) 14. Tor Fawaz (J403): An upper palaeolithic occupation in the Jebel Qalkha area, Southwest Jordan (Kristopher W. Kerry and Donald O. Henry) Flake-Based Industries 15. Twisted debitage and the Levantine Aurignacian problem (Christopher A. Bergman) 16. An examination of Upper Palaeolithic flake technologies in the Marginal Zone of the Levant (John K. Williams) The Later Upper Palaeolithic and the Transition to the Epipalaeolithic 17. Cultural variability in the late upper palaeolithic of the Levant (Daniel Kaufman) 18. The Ohalo II Flint Assemblage and the Beginning of the Epipalaeolithic in the Hordan Valley (Dani Nadel) 19. The conundrum of the Levantine late upper palaeolithic and early epipalaeolithic: perspectives from the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan (Deborah I. Olszewski) Commentaries 20. The Levantine upper palaeolithic: a commentary on contributions to the Philadelphia symposium (Lorraine Copeland) 21. Refections on Levantine upper palaeolithic studies: past and present (Anthony E. Marks) 22. Reflections on the selected issues of the upper palaeolithic (Ofer Bar-Yosef) Postscript 23. Final remarks and epilogue (Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris)

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"...a stimulating book [and] a pleasure to read...[it] is bound to become a key reference for prehistorians in the years to come.'--Julian Riel-Salvatore ""Paleoanthropology, 2004 "" a beautifully produced and invaluable update on current thinking in the Upper Palaeolithic of the Near East -'--William Davies""Before Farming"" (01/01/2004) has a lot to offer both in its substance and the types of questions that it provokes.'--Michael P Neeley ""Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2006 "" provides a fascinating insight into the history, methods and debates around construction and maintenance of archaeological cultures....Excellent illustrations support and illuminate the text, '--Anne Pirie ""Antiquity, 2005 """

a beautifully produced and invaluable update on current thinking in the Upper Palaeolithic of the Near East -'--William Davies Before Farming (01/01/2004) ...a stimulating book [and] a pleasure to read...[it] is bound to become a key reference for prehistorians in the years to come.'--Julian Riel-Salvatore Paleoanthropology, 2004 provides a fascinating insight into the history, methods and debates around construction and maintenance of archaeological cultures....Excellent illustrations support and illuminate the text, '--Anne Pirie Antiquity, 2005 has a lot to offer both in its substance and the types of questions that it provokes.'--Michael P Neeley Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2006

has a lot to offer both in its substance and the types of questions that it provokes.'--Michael P Neeley Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (01/01/2006)

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