TY - JOUR
T1 - Terminology, Process and Change
T2 - Reflections on the Epipalaeolithic of South-west Asia
AU - Richter, Tobias
AU - Maher, Lisa
N1 - Online ISSN: 1756-3801
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - The term Epipalaeolithic, like the Neolithic, was coined in the context of late 19th- and early 20thcentury archaeological research in Europe and North Africa. It arrived later in South-west Asia, where it was used to contrast late glacial hunter-gatherers with the sedentary, socially complex farmers of the Holocene aceramic Neolithic. In this contribution we reflect on the history of Epipalaeolithic terminology, its past and current use as an interpretive heuristic, and consider how data from recent research affect (and perhaps call into question) the validity and perceived meaning of the term as it is applied to the Neolithic transition in South-west Asia.
AB - The term Epipalaeolithic, like the Neolithic, was coined in the context of late 19th- and early 20thcentury archaeological research in Europe and North Africa. It arrived later in South-west Asia, where it was used to contrast late glacial hunter-gatherers with the sedentary, socially complex farmers of the Holocene aceramic Neolithic. In this contribution we reflect on the history of Epipalaeolithic terminology, its past and current use as an interpretive heuristic, and consider how data from recent research affect (and perhaps call into question) the validity and perceived meaning of the term as it is applied to the Neolithic transition in South-west Asia.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Epipalaeolithic
KW - Prehistoric Archaeology
KW - LEVANT
KW - Near Eastern Archaeology
U2 - 10.1179/0075891413z.00000000020
DO - 10.1179/0075891413z.00000000020
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0075-8914
VL - 45
SP - 121
EP - 132
JO - Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant
JF - Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant
IS - 2
ER -