Symbolic emblems of the Levantine Aurignacians as a regional entity identifier (Hayonim Cave, Lower Galilee, Israel)
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Publication Date
5-15-2018
Publication Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume Number
115
Issue Number
20
Abstract
Significance The emergence and diffusion of Upper Paleolithic (UP) typo-technical traditions are among the most debated topics related to anatomically modern humans’ colonization of and establishment in Eurasia. The Levantine Aurignacian represents one of the UP cultural entities in the Near East, and its origins, spread, and interrelationships with other UP entities are central to the understanding of local UP dynamics. The data we present demonstrate that the notched bones from Hayonim Cave stratum D are unquestionably anthropic marks constituting an emblem of the Levantine Aurignacian. Assessment of data from Middle Stone Age and UP sites of Africa and Europe as well as other UP sites in the Levant supports the notion that this is indeed a unique feature of the Levantine Aurignacian.
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Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https//doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717145115
Language
English
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Tejero, José-Miguel; Belfer-Cohen, Anna; Bar-Yosef, Ofer; Gutkin, Vitaly; and Rabinovich, Rivka, "Symbolic emblems of the Levantine Aurignacians as a regional entity identifier (Hayonim Cave, Lower Galilee, Israel)" (2018). KIP Articles. 10496.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/10496
