Acheulo-Yabrudian complex

The Paleolithic
↑ Pliocene (before Homo)
Lower Paleolithic
 (c. 3.3 Ma – 300 ka)
Middle Paleolithic
 (c. 300–50 ka)
Upper Paleolithic
 (c. 50–12 ka)

Fertile Crescent:

Europe:

Africa:

Siberia:

↓ Mesolithic

The Acheulo-Yabrudian complex is a complex of archaeological cultures in the Levant at the end of the Lower Palaeolithic. It follows the Acheulian and precedes the Mousterian. It is also called the Mugharan Tradition[1] or the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex (AYCC).[2]

The Acheulo-Yabrudian complex has three stone-tool traditions, chronologically: the Acheulo-Yabrudian, the Yabrudian and the Pre-Aurignacian or Amudian. The Yabrudian tradition is dominated by thick scrapers shaped by steep Quina retouch; the Acheuleo-Yabrudian contains Yabrudian scrapers and handaxes; and the Pre-Aurignacian/Amudian is dominated by blades and blade-tools.[3]

  1. ^ Jelinek, Arthur J (1990). Paul Mellars (ed.). The Emergence of Modern Humans: An Archaeological Perspective. Cornell University Press. pp. 81–90. ISBN 978-0-8014-2614-8. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ Falguères, C.; Richard, M.; Tombret, O.; Shao, Q.; Bahain, J.J.; Gopher, A.; Barkai, R. (2016). "New ESR/U-series dates in Yabrudian and Amudian layers at Qesem Cave, Israel". Quaternary International. 398: 6–12. Bibcode:2016QuInt.398....6F. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.006. ISSN 1040-6182.
  3. ^ Malinsky-Buller, Ariel (2016). "The Muddle in the Middle Pleistocene: The Lower–Middle Paleolithic Transition from the Levantine Perspective". Journal of World Prehistory. 29 (1): 1–78. doi:10.1007/s10963-016-9092-1. ISSN 0892-7537. S2CID 163849598.