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Neanderthals in the Levant New Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology Editor-in-Chief Thomas E. Levy, University of California, San Diego Series Editors Guillermo Algaze, University of California, San Diego Paul S. Goldstein, University of California, San Diego Augustin F. C. Holl, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Joyce Marcus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Anthropological Archaeology offers a methodologically refreshing approach to the study of cultural evolution. It recognizes the fundamental role that anthropology now plays in archaeology and also integrates the strengths of various research paradigms which characterize archaeology on the world scene today, including new or processual, post- processual, evolutionist, cognitive, symbolic, marxist, and historical archaeologies. It does so by taking into account the cultural and, when possible, historical context of the material remains being studied. This involves the development of models concerning the formative role of cognition, symbolism, and ideology in human societies to explain the more material and economic dimensions of human culture that are the natural purview of archaeological data. It also involves an understanding of the cultural ecology of the societies being studied, and of the limitations and opportunities that the environment imposes on the evolution or devolution of human societies. Based on the assumption that cultures never develop in isolation, Anthropological Archaeology takes a regional approach to tackling fundamental issues concerning past cultural evolution anywhere in the world. This new series welcomes proposals from 'intellectual foragers' whose interests combine field research with theoretical studies of issues of cultural evolution in the past and in the ethno- archaeological present. The series differs from much theoretical discourse in archaeology today in that it is dedicated to publishing work firmly grounded in archaeological fact, while also venturing to explore more speculative ideas about how cultures evolve and change. Published titles in the series: Wesf Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives, edited by Christopher R. DeCorse Egypf and fhe Levant: Interrelations from the 4th Through the Early 3rd Millennium B.C.E., edited by Edwin C. M. van den Brink and Thomas E. Levy Landscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming: An Archaeology of Preunderstanding, Bruno David Early Urbanizations in the Levant: A Regional Narrative, Raphael Greenberg Neanderthals in the Levant BEHAVIORAL ORGANIZATION AND THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN MODERNITY Edited by Donald O. Henry A\ continuum WLONDON • NEW YORK Continuum The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX 15 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010 First published 2003 by Continuum © Donald O. Henry and contributors 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-8264-5803-3 (hardback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Neanderthals in the Levant: behavioral organization and the beginnings of human modernity / edited by Donald O. Henry. p. cm. — (New approaches to anthropological archaeology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8264-5803-3 1. Neanderthals-Middle East. 2. Mousterian culture-Middle East. 3. Tor Faraj Cave Qordan) 4. Human evolution. 5. Social evolution. 6. Middle East-Antiquities. I. Henry, Donald O. II. Series. GN772.3.M6 N43 2003 569.9-dc21 2002067341 Typeset by BookEns Ltd, Royston, Herts. Printed and Bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wilts. Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables xi List of Contributors xiii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 The Emergence of Modern Humans: Issues and Debates 3 Donald O. Henry 2 The Levant and the Modern Human Debate 1 2 Donald O. Henry Case Study 3 A Case Study from Southern Jordan: Tor Faraj 33 Donald O. Henry 4 Human Behavior and the Stone Tools from Tor Faraj 60 Donald O. Henry 5 Small Lithic Debris Analysis 86 Teresa L. Armagan 6 Into the Mind of the Maker: Refitting Study and Technological Reconstructions 107 Yu. E. Demidenko and V.I. Usik 7 Middle Paleolithic Plant Exploitation: The Microbotanical Evidence 156 Arlene Miller Rosen 8 Formation Processes and Paleosurface Identification 1 72 Harold J. Hietala vi CONTENTS 9 Site Structure and Material Patterning in Space on the Tor Faraj Living Floors 1 98 Harold J. Hietala Summary 10 Behavioral Organization at Tor Faraj 237 Donald O. Henry Appendix A: Alphabetical Listing of Attribute Definitions Used for the Tor Faraj 271 Small Lithic Debris Study Teresa L. Armagann Appendix B: Small Lithic Debris Analysis Results Tables 276 Teresa L. Armagan Appendix C: Cross-Cultural Data for Hearths in Rockshelters 285 Donald O. Henry Appendix D: Analysis of Sediments for Zinc and Phosphate Ions 288 Thomas M. Harrisis References 296 Index 313 List of Figures 1.1 Map showing locations of sites 3.9 A view of the excavation during the discussed in the chapter 1994 season 2.1 Map showing the locations of major 3.10 Mr. Faraj Suleiman Jadaylat for whom sites in the Levant and northeast Africa the shelter is named 2.2 Illustrations of artifacts representing 3.11 The evolution of the Tor Faraj deposit Levantine Mousterian D-type Industry 3.12 A view of the excavation from the 2.3 Illustrations of artifacts representing north, out of the alcove Levantine Mousterian C-type Industry 3.13 The eastern part of the excavation 2.4 Illustrations of artifacts representing viewed from the back of the shelter Levantine Mousterian B-type Industry 3.14 Stratigraphy of Unit A3 south face 2.5 A synthesis of chronometry, 3.15 Schematic cross-section of the Tor Faraj archaeological units, hominids, and deposit showing successive brow paleoenvironments of the Levant collapse and in-filling episodes during the Late Pleistocene 3.16 Stratigraphic Profile 1 (south face) and 3.1 The location of Tor Faraj and the major Profile 2 (north face) land-forms of southern Jordan 3.17 Stratigraphic Profile 3 (east face) and 3.2 Schematic cross-section ol the region Profile 4 (east face) around Tor Faraj from northeast to 3.18 Stratigraphic Profile 5 (west face) southwest showing the topography, 4.1 Illustrations of cores and refitted environment, and bedrock lithology artifacts from Tor Faraj 3.3 A comparison of depositional 4.2 Illustrations of cores and core successions and archaeological fragments on flakes from Tor Faraj evidence from three localities in 4.3 Comparison of the lengths (mean and southern Jordan in the vicinity of Tor range) of debitage and Levallois points Faraj recovered from Tor Faraj 3.4 Looking at Tor Faraj from the west side 4.4 Illustrations of Levallois points from of the Wadi Aheimir opposite the Tor Faraj shelter 4.5 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor 3.5 Looking out from Tor Faraj to the Faraj outlet of the Wadi Aheimir and the 4.6 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor Hisma Basin Faraj 3.6 Elevational transects of the area within 4.7 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor a 5-km radius of Tor Faraj Faraj 3.7 Plan of Tor Faraj showing location of 4.8 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor excavation block relative to Bedouin Faraj storehouse and back wall 4.9 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor 3.8 Cross-section profile of Tor Faraj Faraj showing the location of the excavation 4.10 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor block Faraj viii | LIST OF FIGURES 4.11 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor 6.22 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 35, 36, and 37 4.12 Illustrations of lithic artifacts from Tor 6.23 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 38 and 39 5.1 Maps of Floor I and Floor II at Tor 6.24 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from Faraj showing the locations of small Tor Faraj: constellations 40, 41, 42, and debris concentrations 43 5.2 Examples of small debris attributes 6.25 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from recorded for the Tor Faraj assemblage Tor Faraj: constellations 44 and 45 6.1 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 6.26 Other technologically informative Tor Faraj: constellation 1 artifacts from Tor Faraj 6.2 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 6.27 Schematic illustration of the reduction Tor Faraj: constellations 1 and 2 sequence(s) reconstructed from the 6.3 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from refitting study of Tor Faraj artifacts Tor Faraj: constellations 2 and 3 7.1 Plan map of Tor Faraj showing the 6.4 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from locations of samples for phytolith Tor Faraj: constellation 4 analysis 6.5 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 7.2 Phytolith of an unknown Tor Faraj: constellation 5 monocotyledon stem from Sample TF- 6.6 Illustrations of refitted artifacts: 96-11 constellations 6, 7, 8, and 10 7.3 Percentages of pooid and panicoid 6.7 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from grass phytoliths at Tor Faraj Tor Faraj: constellation 9, view 1 7.4 Phytolith from a date palm (Phoenix 6.8 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from dactyliferd) photographed from Sample Tor Faraj: constellation 9, view 2 TF-96-7 6.9 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 7.5 Distribution of phytoliths from Tor Faraj: constellation 9, view 3 monocotyledons across Floor II 6.10 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from (hearth data not included) at Tor Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 11 and 12 7.6 Distribution of dicotyledon phytoliths 6.11 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from across Floor II (high dicot percentages Tor Faraj: constellations 13, 14, 15, 16, from hearths not included) at Tor Faraj and 17 7.7 Phytolith percentages of pooid, 6.12 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from panicoid, and long cells from stems Tor Faraj: constellation 18 and leaves of plants, showing the plant 6.13 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from parts from which these phytoliths were Tor Faraj: constellations 19, 20, 21, and derived at Tor Faraj 22 7.8 Phytolith percentages of dendritic 6.14 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from (floral/seed husk) long-cells showing Tor Faraj: constellation 23 that the distribution of these differs 6.15 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from Tor from those of the other grass phytoliths Faraj: constellations 24, 25A, and 25B on occupation surfaces but not in 6.16 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from hearths at Tor Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 25B and 25C 7.9 Distribution of phytoliths from date 6.17 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from palms (P. dactyliferd) across Floor II at Tor Faraj: constellations 26, 27, and 28 Tor Faraj 6.18 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 7.10 Distribution of phytoliths from seed Tor Faraj: constellation 29 husk phytoliths across Floor II at Tor 6.19 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 30 and 31 8.1 Spatial frequencies of large artifacts by 6.20 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from degree of patination at Tor Faraj Tor Faraj: constellations 32, 33A, and 8.2 Spatial frequencies of chips by level at 33B Tor Faraj 6.21 Illustrations of refitted artifacts from 8.3 Counts of rocks, hearths, debitage, and Tor Faraj: constellation 34 tools at Tor Faraj LIST OF FIGURES | ix 8.4 Rock-hearth counts and debitage-tool 9.15 Point plots of artifact use-wear by densities by level at Tor Faraj material and hardness classes at Tor 8.5 North-south and east-west profile Faraj plots of rocks and hearths at Tor Faraj 9.16 Point plots of artifact use-wear with 8.6 Point plots of rocks and hearth material and processing interpretations distributions by level at Tor Faraj at Tor Faraj 8.7 Point plots of primary and core 10.1 Histogram showing the directional trimming elements at Tor Faraj distributions of plotted artifact 8.8 Areal definitions for Levels 160 to 170 orientations and Levels 180 to 195 showing the 10.2 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the length of spatial locations of all artifacts at Tor time (in hours) various parts of the Faraj shelter are exposed to sunlight in July 8.9 Debitage reduction element scatter 10.3 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the distrib- diagrams at Tor Faraj utions of hearths and chip 8.10 Flakes, blades, Levallois pieces, and concentrations burin spall distributions at Tor Faraj 10.4 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the 8.11 Spatial distributions for generic cores, distributions of cores-from-nodules and debitage, and tools at Tor Faraj cores-on-flakes (truncated faceted 8.12 Debitage and tool size by level at Tor pieces) Faraj 10.5 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the 8.13 Diversity and evenness indices for tools distributions of Levallois points and debitage by level at Tor Faraj 10.6 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the 9.1 Spatial frequencies of all artifacts by distributions of side-scrapers and floor at Tor Faraj notches 9.2 Spatial frequencies of heavily patmated 10.7 Plan of Tor Faraj showing the artifacts by floor at Tor Faraj distributions of hearths and their 9.3 Spatial frequencies of cores and cores- hearth-side activity zones on-flakes by floor at Tor Faraj 10.8 Comparison distributions of hearths, 9.4 Spatial frequencies of initial core ash, and bedding at Tor Faraj with reduction elements by floor at Tor Faraj ethnographic and archaeological 9.5 Spatial frequencies of all non-Levallois examples associated with modern debitage by floor at Tor Faraj foragers 9.6 Spatial frequencies of all Levallois 10.9 Composite reconstruction of activity debitage by floor at Tor Faraj areas at Tor Faraj 9.7 Spatial frequencies of all Levallois points by floor at Tor Faraj 9.8 Spatial frequencies of retouched pieces Appendices by floor at Tor Faraj 9.9 Point plots of retouched pieces by floor A.I Examples of distinctive expanding at Tor Faraj billet (DEB) flakes 9.10 Point plots of burins and burin spalls A.2 Measurement of flake margin by floor at Tor Faraj expansion 9.11 Point plots of Levallois points and A.3 Examples of Y flakes notched pieces by floor A.4 Measurement of bilateral symmetry 9.12 Point plots of unretouched and A.5 Measurement of cross-sectional retouched Levallois points at Tor Faraj symmetry 9.13 Spatial distribution of phosphorous D.I Fraction of total phosphate found in levels for Floor II at Tor Faraj Extract III 9.14 Point plots of artifacts by generic use- D.2 Relationship between total phosphate wear at Tor Faraj and total zinc

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The volume traces the controversy that revolves around the bio-cultural relationships of Archaic (Neanderthal) and Modern humans at global and regional, Levantine scales. The focus of the book is on understanding the degree to which the behavioral organization of Archaic groups differed from Moderns
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