The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of Shi’Bat Dihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in Wadi Surdud, Yemen
Luca Sitzia
(1)
,
Pascal Bertran
(1, 2)
,
Stéphane Boulogne
(2)
,
Michel Brenet
(2, 1)
,
Rémy Crassard
(3)
,
Anne Delagnes
(1)
,
Marine Frouin
(4)
,
Christine Hatté
(5, 6)
,
Jacques Jaubert
(1)
,
Lamya Khalidi
(3)
,
Erwan Messager
(7)
,
Norbert Mercier
(5)
,
Alain Meunier
(8)
,
Stéphane Peigne
(9)
,
Alain Queffelec
(10)
,
Chantal Tribolo
(11)
,
Roberto Macchiarelli
(8)
1
PACEA -
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
2 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
3 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
4 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art [Oxford]
5 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
6 GEOTRAC - Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
7 CEPAM - Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age
8 IC2MP [Poitiers] - Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers [UMR 7285]
9 CR2P - Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements
10 PPP
11 IRAMAT - Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux
2 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
3 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
4 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art [Oxford]
5 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
6 GEOTRAC - Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
7 CEPAM - Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age
8 IC2MP [Poitiers] - Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers [UMR 7285]
9 CR2P - Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements
10 PPP
11 IRAMAT - Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux
Luca Sitzia
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Pascal Bertran
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Stéphane Boulogne
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Michel Brenet
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Rémy Crassard
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Anne Delagnes
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Christine Hatté
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Jacques Jaubert
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Erwan Messager
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Norbert Mercier
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Alain Meunier
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Stéphane Peigne
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Alain Queffelec
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Chantal Tribolo
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Résumé
The Shi'bat Dihya 1 site in western Yemen, dated by optically stimulated lu-minescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the Middle Paleolithic peopling of the Arabian Peninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during Marine Isotope Stage 3, in connection with a (semi)-arid environment. Rapid overbank sedimentation was likely a result of the remo-bilization of loess material deposited on the Yemeni Great Escarpment at the periphery of the adjacent Tihama coastal sand desert or of other sources. Fabric and size analyses of the lithic artifacts, together with spatial projections, indicate site modifications by floods. Primary modifications include (1) selective accumulation of medium-sized lithic pieces as a result of hydraulic sorting, (2) bimodal orientation of artifacts, and (3) ripple-like arrangement of lithics and bone/tooth fragments. The overrepresentation of teeth may also be a consequence of sorting. Although floods have distorted the original site patterning, long-distance transport of artifacts by water can be excluded, as indicated by relatively high refitting rate, close proximity of artifacts derived from the same block of raw material, and lack of abrasion of the pieces. Therefore, the site is considered " geologically " in situ because its remobilization by water occurred shortly after human abandonment. This study also stresses that the effective preservation of a site cannot be assessed without careful taphonomic study, even in a potentially favorable depositional context such as silty alluvium. C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Archéologie et PréhistoireFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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The Shi'bat Dihya 1 site in western Yemen, dated by optically stimulated lu-minescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the Middle Paleolithic peopling of the Arabian Peninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during Marine Isotope Stage 3, in connection with a (semi)-arid environment. Rapid overbank sedimentation was likely a result of the remo-bilization of loess material deposited on the Yemeni Great Escarpment at the periphery of the adjacent Tihama coastal sand desert or of other sources. Fabric and size analyses of the lithic artifacts, together with spatial projections, indicate site modifications by floods. Primary modifications include (1) selective accumulation of medium-sized lithic pieces as a result of hydraulic sorting, (2) bimodal orientation of artifacts, and (3) ripple-like arrangement of lithics and bone/tooth fragments. The overrepresentation of teeth may also be a consequence of sorting. Although floods have distorted the original site patterning, long-distance transport of artifacts by water can be excluded, as indicated by relatively high refitting rate, close proximity of artifacts derived from the same block of raw material, and lack of abrasion of the pieces. Therefore, the site is considered " geologically " in situ because its remobilization by water occurred shortly after human abandonment. This study also stresses that the effective preservation of a site cannot be assessed without careful taphonomic study, even in a potentially favorable depositional context such as silty alluvium. C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Titre |
en
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of Shi’Bat Dihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in Wadi Surdud, Yemen
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Auteur(s) |
Luca Sitzia
1
, Pascal Bertran
1, 2
, Stéphane Boulogne
2
, Michel Brenet
2, 1
, Rémy Crassard
3
, Anne Delagnes
1
, Marine Frouin
4
, Christine Hatté
5, 6
, Jacques Jaubert
1
, Lamya Khalidi
3
, Erwan Messager
7
, Norbert Mercier
5
, Alain Meunier
8
, Stéphane Peigne
9
, Alain Queffelec
10
, Chantal Tribolo
11
, Roberto Macchiarelli
8
1
PACEA -
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
( 205557 )
- Université de Bordeaux - Bâtiment B8 - CS50023 - Allée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire - 33615 Pessac Cedex
- France
2
Inrap -
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
( 301475 )
- 121 rue d'Alésia
75014 Paris
- France
3
Archéorient -
ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
( 619 )
- Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean-Pouilloux 7 rue Raulin 69365 LYON Cedex 07
- France
4
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art [Oxford]
( 58185 )
- 36 Beaumont Street
Oxford OX1 2PG
- Royaume-Uni
5
LSCE -
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
( 518 )
- Bât. 12,
avenue de la Terrasse,
F-91198 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
- France
6
GEOTRAC -
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie
( 578523 )
- LSCE. CEA Paris-Saclay. Orme des merisiers. 91190 Saint-Aubin.
- France
7
CEPAM -
Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age
( 842 )
- Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Campus Saint-Jean-d'Angély - SJA3 24, avenue des Diables Bleus 06357 Nice Cedex 4
- France
8
IC2MP [Poitiers] -
Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers [UMR 7285]
( 184101 )
- Université de Poitiers – 4 rue Michel brunet – Bâtiment B27 – TSA 51106 – 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 – France
- France
9
CR2P -
Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements
( 123706 )
- 8 rue Buffon - CP 38 - 75005 Paris
- France
10
PPP
( 389486 )
-
- France
11
IRAMAT -
Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux
( 42827 )
- Univ.de Techno.Belfort Montbél. Rue du Château 90010 BELFORT CEDEX
- France
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Nom de la revue |
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Page/Identifiant |
471 - 491
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Numéro |
6
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Date de publication |
2012-11
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Audience |
Internationale
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
|
Langue du document |
Anglais
|
Volume |
27
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1002/gea.21419 |
Origine :
Accord explicite pour ce dépôt
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