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Blinkhorn, James, Groucutt, Huw S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Petraglia, Michael D. and Blockley, Simon (2021). Directional changes in Levallois core technologies between Eastern Africa, Arabia, and the Levant during MIS 5. Sci Rep, 11 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5, similar to 130 to 71 thousand years ago, was a key period for the geographic expansion of Homo sapiens, including engagement with new landscapes within Africa and dispersal into Asia. Occupation of the Levant by Homo sapiens in MIS 5 is well established, while recent research has documented complementary evidence in Arabia. Here, we undertake the first detailed comparison of Levallois core technology from eastern Africa, Arabia, and the Levant during MIS 5, including multiple sites associated with Homo sapiens fossils. We employ quantitative comparisons of individual artefacts that provides a detailed appraisal of Levallois reduction activity in MIS 5, thereby enabling assessment of intra- and inter-assemblage variability for the first time. Our results demonstrate a pattern of geographically structured variability embedded within a shared focus on centripetal Levallois reduction schemes and overlapping core morphologies. We reveal directional changes in core shaping and flake production from eastern Africa to Arabia and the Levant that are independent of differences in geographic or environmental parameters. These results are consistent with a common cultural inheritance between these regions, potentially stemming from a shared late Middle Pleistocene source in eastern Africa.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Blinkhorn, James UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Groucutt, Huw S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scerri, Eleanor M. L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Petraglia, Michael D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Blockley, Simon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-598562
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-021-90744-z
Journal or Publication Title:	Sci Rep
Volume:	11
Number:	1
Date:	2021
Publisher:	NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	2045-2322
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MIDDLE STONE-AGE; EARLY HOMO-SAPIENS; HUMAN OCCUPATION; BURIAL SITE; R PACKAGE; SKHUL; ASSEMBLAGES; VARIABILITY; ARCHAEOLOGY; DISPERSALS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59856