Le Capsien typique et le Capsien supérieur - Évolution ou contemporanéité. Les données technologiques

Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 57
Volume 57 in the Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology focuses on the problems of chronological interpretation of two "faciès" from the North African Epipalaeolithic: Typical and Upper Capsian. Originally defined as two evolutionary phases, they are considered as contemporary following the development of the radiometric method in the 1950s. The author tackles the question of evolution or contemporaneousness from a systematic revision of cultural attribution, stratigraphy, and particularly the radiocarbon dates. Evidence is presented at the micro level from a new look at the lithic technology from the assemblages of Bortal Fakher, El-Mekta, Relilaï, and Aïn Dokkara, before widening to include the whole Capsian region for a global comparison of cultural attribution, chronology and lithic technology. By integrating what is known of the Capsian, from previous researches and these new results, the author proposes an evolutionary model that emphasizes the development of the Capsian until the Neolithic in the Maghreb. 243 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings, illustrations; English abstract.
With a preface by Jacques Tixier

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Noura Rahmani Avec préface de Jacques Tixier

Product details

• Authors: Noura Rahmani
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Languages: French
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2003
• EAN: 9781841715537
• ISBN: 978-1-84171-553-7
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 1271 g
• Series: BAR International; Bar S; BAR International Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)