Τhe Late Palaeolithic campsite of Ouriakos located on the south-east coast of Lemnos was found in 2006 on a sand-dune during the construction of a carpark close to the beach. Surface collections and excavations during the following years have revealed the rich remains of a hunting camp which is radiocarbon dated to the middle of the 11th mill BC. Lithic assemblages are characterized by a large number of cores, crested blades, back bladelets and end scrapers. However, the most typical implements are microlithic lunates using bipolar retouch without micro-burin technology which can be compared with the material of Öküzini cave in southwest Anatolia. Ouriakos provides strong indications for a northwest spread through Anatolia of the Levantine Late Epipalaeolithic cultural tradition for which very little in known in the Aegean area and the Balkans.
Η ανασκαφή της κυνηγετικής εγκατάστασης του Ούριακου της 11ης χιλιετίας π.Χ. στη Λήμνο
Elisabetta StarniniPenultimo
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2019-01-01
Abstract
Τhe Late Palaeolithic campsite of Ouriakos located on the south-east coast of Lemnos was found in 2006 on a sand-dune during the construction of a carpark close to the beach. Surface collections and excavations during the following years have revealed the rich remains of a hunting camp which is radiocarbon dated to the middle of the 11th mill BC. Lithic assemblages are characterized by a large number of cores, crested blades, back bladelets and end scrapers. However, the most typical implements are microlithic lunates using bipolar retouch without micro-burin technology which can be compared with the material of Öküzini cave in southwest Anatolia. Ouriakos provides strong indications for a northwest spread through Anatolia of the Levantine Late Epipalaeolithic cultural tradition for which very little in known in the Aegean area and the Balkans.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
