TY - JOUR

T1 - Blade and microblade industries in Northern, Eastern, and Central Asia 1. African origin and spread to the near east

AU - Derevianko, A. P.

PY - 2015/6

Y1 - 2015/6

N2 - Being the first in a series, this study addresses the place of the blade industry among those of Africa and Eurasia, and its origin and evolution in southern, eastern and northern Africa. The blade technology first appeared in the Kapturin Formation some 500 ka BP. The Middle Stone Age industries of southern, eastern, and northern Africa were mostly based on the Levallois technique, which included points, blades, and flakes; and on radial flaking. In the late Middle and early Upper Pleistocene, two principal technologies, Aterian and Nubian, emerged in northern and northeastern Africa; whereas the principal industries of southern and partly eastern Africa were Howieson's Poort (whose primary reduction technique was basically Upper Paleolithic), and an industry on predominantly geometric tools. Both were associated with anatomically modern humans, who migrated to Eurasia at various stages of the Upper Pleistocene.

AB - Being the first in a series, this study addresses the place of the blade industry among those of Africa and Eurasia, and its origin and evolution in southern, eastern and northern Africa. The blade technology first appeared in the Kapturin Formation some 500 ka BP. The Middle Stone Age industries of southern, eastern, and northern Africa were mostly based on the Levallois technique, which included points, blades, and flakes; and on radial flaking. In the late Middle and early Upper Pleistocene, two principal technologies, Aterian and Nubian, emerged in northern and northeastern Africa; whereas the principal industries of southern and partly eastern Africa were Howieson's Poort (whose primary reduction technique was basically Upper Paleolithic), and an industry on predominantly geometric tools. Both were associated with anatomically modern humans, who migrated to Eurasia at various stages of the Upper Pleistocene.

KW - Aterian industry

KW - Howieson's Poort

KW - II

KW - III)

KW - Kapturin Formation

KW - Middle Stone Age (MSA I

KW - Nubian industry

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946231769&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.aeae.2015.09.002

DO - 10.1016/j.aeae.2015.09.002

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84946231769

VL - 43

SP - 3

EP - 22

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 2

ER -