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

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.