Loading…
The Late Acheulean Site at Fjaje, Wadi el-Bustan, Southern Jordan
The large Lower Paleolithic site at Fjaje, near the Crusader fortress of Shobak in southern Jordan, extends over approximately six hectares. The bifaces indicate that the occupations are primarily of Late Acheulean affiliation, probably contemporaneous with Umm Qatafa Dl in Palestine, but the flake...
Saved in:
Published in: | Paléorient 1981, Vol.7 (1), p.5-21 |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article |
Language: | fre |
Online Access: | Get full text |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Summary: | The large Lower Paleolithic site at Fjaje, near the Crusader fortress of Shobak in southern Jordan, extends over approximately six hectares. The bifaces indicate that the occupations are primarily of Late Acheulean affiliation, probably contemporaneous with Umm Qatafa Dl in Palestine, but the flake implement sample is very similar to the industry from the earliest occupations in the Tabun Cave in Mt Carmel. Combined with the analysis of the Fjaje data, recent studies of Late Acheulean industries in the Near East suggest that the non-biface components reflect similar patterns of variability as are witnessed in the Middle Paleolithic of the Near East and Europe.
Le site du Paléolithique inférieur de Fjaje, près de la forteresse des Croisés de Shobak, en Jordanie méridionale, couvre environ six hectares. Les bifaces indiquent que l'occupation se rattache essentiellement à l'Acheuléen récent, et qu'elle est probablement contemporaine de Umm Qatafa Dl en Palestine; l'échantillonage des outils sur éclats est très proche de l'industrie des premières occupations de la grotte de Tahoun au Mont Carmel. Les études récentes des industries de l'Acheuléen récent, confrontées à l'analyse des données de Fjaje, suggèrent que les composantes non-bifaciales reflètent des schémas de variabilité identiques à ceux attestés dans le Paléolithique Moyen du Proche-Orient et de l'Europe. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 0153-9345 |
DOI: | 10.3406/paleo.1981.4284 |