Berzine
Coordinates: 34 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 36 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E
Berzine is a late altpaläolithischer find site in western Syria on Nahr el-Kebir, which is however poorly received. The site of the Middle Acheuléen , which was initially dated to an age of 300,000 to 400,000 years and corresponds to about 700,000 to 400,000 years ago, is located 60 to 90 m above the Nahr el-Kebir on a river terrace. In the meantime, attempts have been made to break away from European research when it comes to technical terms, and to designate the epoch as Leventine old or early acheuléen.
The lithic artifacts, i.e. the devices made of stones and their preliminary stages and waste, show signs of working methods typical of the Middle Acheuléen, such as working with the soft hammer. In contrast to the hinterland, where lanceolate and three-sided devices dominated, oval and almond-shaped shapes were found on the edge near the coast. This could represent early evidence of cultural small scale.
literature
- Lorraine Copeland , Francis Hours: Le Paléolithique du Nahr el Kébir , in: Paul Sanlaville (Ed.): Quaternaire et Prehistoire du Nahr EI Kebir septentriona! Collection de Ia Maison de! 'Orient méditerranéen 9 (1979) 31–119, here: p. 65.
Remarks
- ↑ Bulletin de L'Association Française Pour L'étude Du Quaternaire 19-21 (1982), p. 187.
- ↑ Olivier Aurenche, Bernard Yon: Dix années d'archéologie lyonnaise en Orient. Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon 18 novembre 1978 - 28 février 1979 , Collection de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen ancien . Hors-série 1 (1978) 1-27, here: p. 11 ( online ).
- ^ Sultan Muhesen, Reto Jagher: The Lower Palaeolithic in Syria , in: Jean-Marie Le Tensorer , Reto Jagher, Marcel Otte (Eds.): The Lower and Mzddle Palaeolithic in the Middle East and Neighboring Regions. Basel Symposium (May 8-10 2008) . Lüttich, ERAUL 126, 2011, pp. 35–47, here: p. 39.
- ^ John J. Shea: Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. A Guide , Cambridge University Press, 2013, p. 74.