Middle Paleolithic Near East

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Middle Paleolithic Near East

• Neanderthals and Modern Humans
• Cultural-Biological Change
• Adaptations-Subsistence
• Regional Variation
• Modern Humans at Last
• Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition

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• Chronology and Fossils

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Tabun Cave- Mt. Carmel

• Layers D, C, B
• Levantine Mousterian

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Skhul Cave ( next to Tabun)
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Skhul Cave ( next to Tabun)
Skhul V
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Skhul and Qafseh

• Skuhl 5 Qafseh 9
• Qafseh 11 (Child 12 yrs)
• Qafseh 6
• Qafseh Cave

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Qafseh IX
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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev

• Tabun D type Mousterian
• Elongated points
• Blades
• Few retouched tools

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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev

• Tabun D type Mousterian
• Elongated points
• Blades
• Few retouched tools

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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev
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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev
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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev
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Rosh Ein Mor - Negev
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Kebara Cave - Coastal Plain

• Ca. 50,000
• Late Levantine Mousterian

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Kebara Cave - Coastal Plain
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Kebara Cave - Coastal Plain
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Amud 9
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Shanidar
Zuttiyeh

• Shanidar 1
• Shanidar 5
• Zuttiyeh
• Tabun

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Mousterian Cultures

• Bordes Type List
• Levallois
• Side Scrapers
• Upper Paleolithic Tools
• Dentculates
• Western Europe
• Typical
• Denticulate
• Quina
• Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition

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Models

• Continuity
• Replacement

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Mousterian technology

• Levallois

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• Recurrent Technique

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• Levallois Points

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Kebara
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• Levallois Blades

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Skuhl V
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Kebara 2
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• Levallois Blades

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• Upper Paleolithic Tools

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Open Air Sites

• Rosh Ein Mor (Negev)

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CAVE SITES

• Kebara
• Amud
• Qafseh