Hauck, Thomas C. (2015). Garden of Eden or Desert Exile: The Mousterian of Hummal in context. Anthropologie, 119 (5). S. 659 - 676. ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX: ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-5827
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Our view of MP cultural variability is blurred by site-specific problems as well as inadequate research concepts. The former are inherent in current fieldwork methodology and in the archaeological record itself. Excavation of Palaeolithic sites generally catches only parts of the entire archaeological record and thus leaves us with the sample size problem. Moreover, resolution of the archaeological record is often limited by the palimpsest problem which is especially given in spatially restricted sites (e.g. caves) coupled with a low sedimentation rate. Many research concepts not only neglect the resolution problem but also lack the consideration of scale when it comes to archaeological interpretation. Our aim is not to reinterpret the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic in the light of these challenges as this is outside the scope of this paper. Archaeological resolution and scale are nevertheless taken as guidelines for the integration of the Hummal Mousterian in a broader context. In doing so, we give a short review of current knowledge and show how a scale-sensitive approach can inform us about various aspects of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-387440 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anthro.2015.10.006 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Anthropologie | ||||||||
| Volume: | 119 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 659 - 676 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2015 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1873-5827 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/38744 |
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