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Le Capsien typique et le Capsien supérieur

Évolution ou contemporanéité. Les données technologiques

£81.00
Author:
Noura Rahmani Avec préface de Jacques Tixier
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
French with English abstract
ISBN:
9781841715537
Paperback:
321pp, Includes 243 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings illustrations
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 57
ISBN 10:
1841715530
BAR number:
S1187
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
Volume 57 in the Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology focuses on the problems of chronological interpretation of two “faciès” from the North African Epipalaeolithic: Typical and Upper Capsian. Originally defined as two evolutionary phases, they are considered as contemporary following the development of the radiometric method in the 1950s. The author tackles the question of evolution or contemporaneousness from a systematic revision of cultural attribution, stratigraphy, and particularly the radiocarbon dates. Evidence is presented at the micro level from a new look at the lithic technology from the assemblages of Bortal Fakher, El-Mekta, Relilaï, and Aïn Dokkara, before widening to include the whole Capsian region for a global comparison of cultural attribution, chronology and lithic technology. By integrating what is known of the Capsian, from previous researches and these new results, the author proposes an evolutionary model that emphasizes the development of the Capsian until the Neolithic inthe Maghreb. 243 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings, illustrations; English abstract.