The Geochemistry of Basalt Handaxes from the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Ma?ayan Baruch, IsraelA Perspective on Raw Material Selection

被引：8

作者：

Rosenberg, D. ^{[1
]}

Shimelmitz, R. ^{[2
,3
]}

Gluhak, T. M. ^{[4
]}

Assaf, A. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Haifa, Zinman Inst Archaeol, Lab Ground Stone Tools Res, IL-3498898 Haifa, Israel

[2] Univ Haifa, Zinman Inst Archaeol, IL-31905 Haifa, Israel

[3] David Yallin Acad Coll Educ, IL-91035 Jerusalem, Israel

[4] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Geosci, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

[5] Kibbutz Maayan Baruch, Baruch, Israel

来源：

ARCHAEOMETRY | 2015年 / 57卷

关键词：

Geochemistry; Basalt Handaxes; Ma?ayan Baruch; Lower Palaeolithic; Acheulian; GESHER BENOT YAAQOV; SOUTHERN LEVANT; BIFACE ASSEMBLAGE; VARIABILITY; ARTIFACTS; SYMMETRY; VALLEY; BASIN; TOOL;

D O I：

10.1111/arcm.12096

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

The Upper Acheulian site of Ma?ayan Baruch, northern Israel, is primarily known for its exceptionally large assemblage of thousands of flint handaxes. Within this assemblage, a minute collection of basalt handaxes was retrieved as well, representing particular technological choice within the Upper Acheulian. Using geochemistry, we were able to determine that these basalt handaxes were not made from local basalt, but from different sources. Thus, the use of basalt at the site does not represent an ad hoc choice of using local raw material but, rather, a more complex technological choice pertaining to variability in raw material selection in the Lower Palaeolithic Levant.

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