Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Organization: 1993 Excavation of Tor Faraj, Southern Jordan

Excavation of a Levantine Mousterian rockshelter exposed two living floors in the upper part of a deposit more than 3.5 m thick. An intrasite study, focusing on the spatial patterns of data recovered from the two floors, complements an earlier intersite study of settlement and procurement patterns....

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Published in:Journal of field archaeology 1996, Vol.23 (1), p.31-53
Main Authors: Henry, Donald O., Hall, Stephen A., Hietala, Harold J., Demidenko, Yuri E., Usik, Vitaly I., Rosen, Arlene M., Thomas, Patricia A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Carbonates
Excavations
Field Reports: Excavation and Survey
Gravel
Material culture
Near East
Palaeolithic and mesolithic
Prehistory and protohistory
Sand
Sandstones
Sediments
Shelters
Terraces
Wadis
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Summary:Excavation of a Levantine Mousterian rockshelter exposed two living floors in the upper part of a deposit more than 3.5 m thick. An intrasite study, focusing on the spatial patterns of data recovered from the two floors, complements an earlier intersite study of settlement and procurement patterns. The arrangement of hearths and the spatial distributions of artifacts and manuports indicate redundant behavioral organization for the two components. Moreover, the behavioral patterns reflected in site use by the occupants of the shelter some 70,000 years ago strongly resemble those recorded for modern foragers.
ISSN:0093-4690
2042-4582
DOI:10.1179/009346996791974034