TECHNICAL EVOLUTION IN THE LOWER PALEOLIT HIC FROM KARAIN (TURKEY)

Citation
M. Otte et al., TECHNICAL EVOLUTION IN THE LOWER PALEOLIT HIC FROM KARAIN (TURKEY), L'Anthropologie, 99(4), 1995, pp. 529-561
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Anthropology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00035521
Volume
99
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
529 - 561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-5521(1995)99:4<529:TEITLP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Karain cave, in Southern Turkey, provided a long sequence of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. A <<Clactonian>>-type flake industry is pres ent at the basis, with numerous denticulates and notches. The evolutio n is marked by the development of the elaborated preparation of flakes leading to the Levallois technology. Four climatic cycles were recogn ized, each with an alternance of a long cold phase and thinner tempere d deposits. The now available radiometric datations place the last tem pered phase around 120 to 100 000 years.