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- Title
The Aterian from the Jebel Gharbi (Libya): New Technological Perspectives from North Africa.
- Authors
Spinapolice, Enza; Garcea, Elena
- Abstract
The purpose of this work is to examine the Aterian complex in the context of modern human origins through the analysis of the lithic industries from a geographically strategic area, the Jebel Gharbi (Libya). From a chronological point of view, the Aterian fits the time period of the Out of Africa 2 dispersal. During geoarchaeological surveys of the Jebel Gharbi carried out by the Italian-Libyan Archaeological Mission, 25 Aterian sites were found. The technology of the Aterian lithic industries from the Jebel Gharbi shows affinities both with the Aterian industries from Morocco and coeval industries from Egypt such as Taramsa. The affinities between contemporary Libyan Aterian industries, Egyptian industries, and some series from the Levant open new perspectives on the possible models of contact and displacement of human groups in a key period for the history of humankind.
- Subjects
LIBYA; JABAL al Gharbi (Libya); STONE implements; PREHISTORIC antiquities; PREHISTORIC peoples; BLADES (Archaeology); ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
African Archaeological Review, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0263-0338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10437-013-9135-2