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Title: New evidence for the Palaeolithic on the island of Gokceada (Imbros), Northeastern Aegean
Authors: Erdogu, Burcin
Yucel, Nejat
Demir, Kerem
Keywords: Island of Gokceada (Imbros)
North Aegean
Lower Palaeolithic
Middle Palaeolithic
Upper Palaeolithic
Publisher: Univ Edinburgh, Sch History, Classics & Archaeology
Abstract: Eksino, on the island of Gokceada (Imbros) in the Northeast Aegean, is a new open-air site with evidence of Palaeolithic cultural remains. Stone tools collected by an initial survey have clarified an assessment of the site from the Lower Palaeolithic, and brought to light new evidence from the Middle Palaeolithic as well as transition to the Upper Palaeolithic. Eksino is probably one of the most significant Lower Palaeolithic tool collections in the North Aegean, and finds such as chopper or chopping tools and Acheulean bifacial handaxes from the site show that the North Aegean may be another possible dispersal route from hominids to Europe via the East and Northeast Mediterranean during the Lower Palaeolithic. Middle Palaeolithic finds are frequent in the site and finds resemble the typical Mousterian type which is characterized by discoidal cores, Levallois cores and flakes, scrapers, denticulates, notches and points. Upper Palaeolithic finds are rare in the site, and a bifacial leaf point and large crescent-shaped backed pieces made on blades may reveal the presence of the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition on the island. This new data from Palaeolithic Gokceada is likely to fill key geographic gaps associated with the initial dispersal of hominins through the northeast Aegean islands.
URI: https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.5121
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47026
ISSN: 2055-0472
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WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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