The Levantine Aurignacian (35,000-29,000 BP, calibrated, 32,000-26,000 BP, non-calibrated) is an Upper Paleolithic culture of the Near-Eastern Levant that evolved from the Emiran culture . It was named so because of the similarity of stone tools with the Aurignacian culture in Europe. The Levantine Aurignacian used to be called Lower and Upper Antelian in old sources, from the site of Wadi Antelias in Lebanon . The most important innovation in this period is the incorporation of some typical elements of Aurignacian , like some types of burins and narrow blade points that resemble the European type of Font-Yves .
14-643: Similarities with Aurignacian are found in the manufacture of blades and in the processing of bone tools. The Levantine Aurignacian follows chronologically the Emiran and Early Ahmarian in the same area of the Near East , and closely related to them. The carving of a horse with traces of a layer of ocher painting from HaYonim Cave , now in the Israel Museum , is generally categorized as Aurignacian and variously dated to 40,000-18,500 BP. This may be one of
28-637: Is the local Ahmarian , with the first full-fledged blade/bladelet technology, to which the Levantine Aurignacian succeeds, possibly after a few thousand years of co-existence. The Emiran period and the Ahmarian period form the very first periods of the Upper Paleolithic , corresponding to the first stages of the expansion of Homo sapiens out of Africa. From this stage, the first modern humans probably migrated to Europe to form
42-742: The Ahmarian , and later the Levantine Aurignacian culture (formerly called Antelian ), still of Levalloise tradition but with some Aurignacian influences. According to Dorothy Garrod , the Emireh point, known from several sites in Palestine , is the hallmark of this culture. " Levantine Aurignacian ", from the Levant , is a type of blade technology very similar to the European Aurignacian , following chronologically
56-690: The Blombos Cave , before the outpouring of parietal art in Europe. The Levantine Aurignacian is part of the technological shift from the Middle Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic , but the arrival of modern humans Homo sapiens in the Levant still predates the Levantine Aurignacian by tens of thousands of years. The earliest Upper Paleolithic entity is the local Ahmarian , with the first full-fledged blade/bladelet technology, to which
70-401: The Emiran and Early Ahmarian in the same area of the Near East , and closely related to them. The carving of a horse with traces of a layer of ocher painting from HaYonim Cave , now in the Israel Museum , is generally categorized as Aurignacian and variously dated to 40,000-18,500 BP. This may be one of the earliest known manifestations of human art, together with the ocher pieces of
84-669: The Upper Paleolithic periods. It is the oldest known of the Upper Paleolithic cultures and remains an enigma as it transitionally has no clear African progenitor. This has led some scholars to conclude that the Emiran is indigenous to the Levant. However, some argue that it reflects broader technological trends observed earlier in North Africa , at older sites like Taramsa 1 in Egypt, "which contains modern human remains dated to 75,000 years ago". Emiran culture may have developed from
98-670: The Aurignacian culture. There is a possibility that the Levantine Aurignacian was the result of reverse influence from the European Aurignacian, but this remains unsettled. By the end of the Levantine Aurignacian, gradual changes took place in stone industries. The first phase of the Epipalaeolithic Near East , also known as Kebaran , lasts from 20,000 to 12,150 BP. Small stone tools called microliths and retouched bladelets can be found for
112-652: The Emiran and Early Ahmarian in the same area of the Near East , and closely related to them. Levantine Aurignacian The Levantine Aurignacian (35,000-29,000 BP, calibrated, 32,000-26,000 BP, non-calibrated) is an Upper Paleolithic culture of the Near-Eastern Levant that evolved from the Emiran culture . It was named so because of the similarity of stone tools with the Aurignacian culture in Europe. The Levantine Aurignacian used to be called Lower and Upper Antelian in old sources, from
126-494: The Levantine Aurignacian succeeds, possibly after a few thousand years of co-existence. The Emiran period and the Ahmarian period form the very first periods of the Upper Paleolithic , corresponding to the first stages of the expansion of Homo sapiens out of Africa. From this stage, the first modern humans probably migrated to Europe to form the beginning of the European Upper Paleolithic, including
140-516: The beginning of the European Upper Paleolithic, including the Aurignacian culture. There is a possibility that the Levantine Aurignacian was the result of reverse influence from the European Aurignacian, but this remains unsettled. By the end of the Levantine Aurignacian, gradual changes took place in stone industries. The first phase of the Epipalaeolithic Near East , also known as Kebaran , lasts from 20,000 to 12,150 BP. Small stone tools called microliths and retouched bladelets can be found for
154-447: The earliest known manifestations of human art, together with the ocher pieces of the Blombos Cave , before the outpouring of parietal art in Europe. The Levantine Aurignacian is part of the technological shift from the Middle Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic , but the arrival of modern humans Homo sapiens in the Levant still predates the Levantine Aurignacian by tens of thousands of years. The earliest Upper Paleolithic entity
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#1732765770499168-401: The first time. The microliths of this culture period differ greatly from the Aurignacian artifacts. Fertile Crescent : Europe : Africa : Siberia : Emiran Fertile Crescent : Europe : Africa : Siberia : Emiran culture was a culture that existed in the Levant ( Lebanon , Palestine , Syria , Israel , Jordan and Arabia ) between the Middle Paleolithic and
182-557: The local Mousterian without rupture, keeping numerous elements of the Levalloise -Mousterian, together with the locally typical Emireh point. The Emireh point is the type tool of stage one of the Upper Paleolithic , first identified in the Emiran culture. Numerous stone blade tools were used, including curved knives similar to those found in the Châtelperronian culture of Western Europe. The Emiran eventually evolved into
196-523: The site of Wadi Antelias in Lebanon . The most important innovation in this period is the incorporation of some typical elements of Aurignacian , like some types of burins and narrow blade points that resemble the European type of Font-Yves . Similarities with Aurignacian are found in the manufacture of blades and in the processing of bone tools. The Levantine Aurignacian follows chronologically
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