Lithic Analysis and Cultural Change in the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic of North Syria

Bibliographic Data

ID6135965
AuthorsY Nishiaki (0000-0002-8919-0503, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume101
Issue1
Pages91-109
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
PublisherAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.101.91
OpenAlexW2400020315
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

The late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) represents an important period of transition in North Syria, with the evolution from primitive to more advanced farming communities. The transition took place rather rapidly, involving a range of profound changes in human life-style. This paper examines the changing nature of the stone tool manufacturing behavior in this period. The analysis shows that the change is characterized by the increasing use of locally available raw material and a shift from well-organized blade to more expedient flake technologies. It is argued here that the change in lithic manufacturing was closely related to changing patterns in raw material economy, settlement pattern, and subsistence during the late PPNB. An ethnoarchaeological model suggests that, among those, the shift in subsistence or the decreasing importance of hunting appears to have been a more influential factor for the change in lithic manufacturing behavior

Agriculture · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Business · Ethnoarchaeology · Flake · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Lithic technology · Period (music · Pottery · Settlement (finance · Subsistence agriculture · Subsistence economy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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