Technical Evolution in the Lower Palaeolithic from Karain (Turkey)

La grotte de Karain, en Turquie du Sud, a fourni une longue séquence du Paléolithique inférieur et moyen. On y observe la présence d'industries sur éclats de type "clactonien" à la base, avec de nombreux denticulés et encoches. L'évolution se marque par le développement de la préparation élaborée des éclats aboutissant au Levallois. Quatre cycles climatiques y furent reconnus contenant chacun une alternance d'une longue phase froide et de plus minces dépôts à dominance tempérée. Les dates radiométriques disponibles jusqu'ici situent la dernière phase tempérée vers 120 à 100.000 ans.The Karain Cave, in Southern Turkey, provided a long sequence pf Lower and Middle Palaeoliothic. A "Clactonian" type flake industry is present at the basis, with numerous denticulates and notches. The evolution is marked by the development of the elaborated preparation of flakes leading to the Levallois technology. Four climatic cycles were recognized, each with an alternance of a long cold phase and thinner tempered deposits. The now available radiometric datations place the last tempered phase around 120 to 100,000 years

Le Paléolithique moyen d'Anatolie. Nouvelles recherches à la grotte Karain

The aims of this report are three-fold: i. to provide new informattion concerning the Palaeolithic of Turkey; ii. to present the shifts in lithic techniques évidenced during this period; and iii. to demonstrate significance of the new information for interpreting long distance relations between Western Asia and Europe. In fact, in spite of the crucial geographic situation of Anatolia between the Near East and Europe, it has rarely been the subject of intensive excavations and publications concerning the Paleolithic periods. Recently obtained data are therefore of significant interest

Le Paléolithique d'Anatolie: données et réflexions

The aims of this report are three-fold: i. to provide new informattion concerning the Palaeolithic of Turkey; ii. to present the shifts in lithic techniques évidenced during this period; and iii. to demonstrate significance of the new information for interpreting long distance relations between Western Asia and Europe