From Flint Mine to Fan Scraper: The Late Prehistoric Jafr Industrial Complex
Reported here is the discovery of an enormous industry for the production of cortical flake blanks in the el-Jafr Basin of southeastern Jordan. The industry is believed to have supplied the blanks for production of fan scrapers (tabular scrapers, cortical flake knives, etc.) perhaps as early as the...
| Published in: | Bulletin of ASOR |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2002
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Bulletin of ASOR
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| Summary: | Reported here is the discovery of an enormous industry for the production of cortical flake blanks in the el-Jafr Basin of southeastern Jordan. The industry is believed to have supplied the blanks for production of fan scrapers (tabular scrapers, cortical flake knives, etc.) perhaps as early as the Chalcolithic and during the Early Bronze Age. The 79 recorded sites include large quarries over 12 ha in area, and three trench mines. The sites also document a significant industry devoted to the production of large percussion blades. The sites reported here constitute a major long-sought production center for the fan scraper industry in the southern Levant. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357856 |