The Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition in Northwestern Europe : evidence from Kesselt-Op de Schans / Ann Van Baelen ; with contributions by Philip Van Peer, Erik P.M. Meijs, Jozef J. Hus, Frank Lehmkuhl, Philipp Schulte and Joerg Zens.

• A well-preserved early Middle Palaeolithic site set against a wider northwestern European context The shift from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic in northwestern Europe (dated to around 300,000-250,000 years ago) remains poorly understood and underexplored compared to more recent archaeological transitions. During this period, stone tool technologies underwent significant changes but the limited number of known sites and the general low spatio-temporal resolution of the archaeological record in many cases has impeded detailed behavioural inferences. Brickyard-quarrying activities at Kesselt-Op de Schans (Limburg, Belgium) led to the discovery and excavation of a well-preserved early Middle Palaeolithic level buried beneath a 10 m thick loess-palaeosol sequence. The present volume offers a comprehensive report on the site, dated to around 280,000 years ago, set against a wider northwestern European context. An in-depth study of the lithic assemblage, including an extensive refitting analysis, provides detailed information on the technological behaviour of prehistoric hominins in the Meuse basin during this crucial time period. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie. 

Ämnesord

Paleolitisk tid  (sao)

Utgrävningar  (sao)

Stenredskap  (sao)

Paleolithic period  (LCSH)

Excavations (Archaeology)  (LCSH)

Stone implements  (LCSH)

Belgien  -- Kesselt-Op de Schans (sao)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ja.111 Arkeologi: Europa: paleolitisk tid

Jgbz Arkeologi: Belgien: särskilda fyndorter

Klassifikation

936 (DDC)

936.93 (DDC)

Ja.111 (kssb/8)

Jgbz Kesselt-Op de Schans (kssb/8)