Thomas C. Hauck
The Mousterian Sequence of Hummal (Syria)
A sequence of more than 60 Palaeolithic cultural layers makes the site of Hummal in the arid steppe region of El Kowm (Central Syria), that has been investigated since 2002, a very important site. Since about one million years ago, humans repeatedly occupied the area of the spring and the later walk-in-well during a range of environmental conditions.
This study deals with the uppermost part of a sequence of more than 30 Mousterian strata. While organic remains such as animal bones are badly preserved and therefore rare, the stone artefacts provide rich material for a techno-typological analysis. Herds of grazing wild animals such as horses, gazelles, ostriches, and camels gathered at the waterhole in the course of their annual migrations and were hunted by humans. Additionally, the site had ready access to high-quality flint. The presence, absence, relative frequency, and size of certain artefact types such as cores, cortical flakes, and tools allow the reconstruction of different supply strategies. For obtaining standardised blanks, two variants of the Levallois method were applied. They served for the production of different tools in the course of time.
Hardcover, 266 pages with 152 illustrations and 69 tables
Size 21.0 x 29.7 cm
Price Euro 54.80ISBN: 978-3-86757-364-1
VML Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH - 2013
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