Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
J Hum Evol. 2011 Oct;61(4):458-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.06.003. Epub 2011 Aug 2.
Qesem Cave is assigned to the Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex of the late Lower Paleolithic period. The 7.5 m deep stratigraphic sequence is dated to 400-200 ka (thousands of years ago). It is mostly attributed to the Amudian blade-dominated industry, one of the earliest blade production technologies in the world. In this paper, we present the results of a detailed study of five Amudian assemblages from Qesem Cave and suggest two trajectories for the production of blades at the site. We argue that the reduction sequences of blades at Qesem Cave represent an innovative and straightforward technology aimed at the systemic and serial production of predetermined blanks. We suggest that this predetermined blank technology shows planning and intensity that is not significantly different from Middle Paleolithic Mousterian technological systems. Furthermore, this well-organized serial manufacture of cutting implements mainly for butchering might indicates that a significant change in human behavior had taken place by the late Lower Paleolithic period.
盖森洞被归入旧石器时代晚期阿舍利-亚伯都利文化复合体。这个 7.5 米深的地层序列的年代可以追溯到 40 万至 20 万年前。它主要归因于阿穆迪安的刀片主导型工业，这是世界上最早的刀片生产技术之一。在本文中，我们介绍了对盖森洞的五个阿穆迪安组合的详细研究结果，并提出了该遗址生产刀片的两种轨迹。我们认为，盖森洞的刀片减少序列代表了一种创新和直接的技术，旨在系统性和序列化生产预定的坯料。我们认为，这种预定的坯料技术表明了规划和强度，与中更新世莫斯特技术系统没有显著差异。此外，这种用于屠宰的切割工具的有序系列制造主要表明，到旧石器时代晚期，人类行为发生了重大变化。
