" Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for
the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from …

The Near East is one of those unique places where the transition (s) from hunter-gatherers
to farmers occurred locally, so it is possible to observe the whole sequence of these …

Abstract The classic Upper Paleolithic sequence in the Levant was based on a series of
stratified assemblages with culture-specific type fossils. Research in the last two decades …

Le tempo de la production Passage du tout éclat au tout façonnage Changement de
perspective: de la morphologie à la structure, de l'objet à l'ensemble Tempo du phénomène …

This article discusses social interaction in the Epipalaeolithic of southwest Asia. Discussions
of contact, social relationships and social organization have primarily focused on the Pre …

Mammalian body size diminution across the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition in
the southern Levant has been much researched, with special focus on gazelle in Levantine …

Microlith production in the Levant began with the Upper Paleolithic. Two microlithic
production techniques have been observed: straight retouched (Ahmarian) bladelets from a …

The edge angle of lithic tools is an important source of information on the intended function
and the manufacturing technology of these artifacts. Yet, previously proposed procedures …

1 Please note that all 14C dates in this volume have been calibrated to years before present
(BP) using IntCal 2004 for dates that are younger than 20,000 radiocarbon years and CalPal …

The significance of the Upper Palaeolithic is one of the most intriguing questions for
Palaeolithic researchers. Due to the Levant's strategic location at a bottleneck between …