Transformation and Sustainability Within Levallois Reduction Strategy of Sürmecik, Western Anatolia/Aegean

KARAHAN G., ÖZÇELİK K., TAŞKIRAN H.

Lithic Technology, 2023 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01977261.2023.2290321
  • Dergi Adı: Lithic Technology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Anthropological Literature, DIALNET
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aegean, levallois, lithic technology, paleolithic, Sürmecik, Western Anatolia
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Sürmecik, which today has the largest collection in Turkey with 86,246 lithics, is a Paleolithic open-air site located in Western Anatolia/Aegean discovered by chance approximately 5 m below the surface. This paper focuses on the Levallois flaking strategy (555 cores and 2627 endproducts). The material offers such a degree of diversity that certain opposites can clearly highlighted and cannot characterized as a single model of technical behavior. It reflects that knappers produce conforms to the Levallois Volumetric Concept, but in some cases also a flexible production. The sustainability of the Levallois seen–as an option–may have resulted in a possible solution to the needs by using either the flake, the core, or a combination of both. These observations are discussed in the context of formulations of technical behavior and this paper is a pioneer in its field by creating one of the comprehensive studies on Levallois technology in Turkey.