HDOR 410, a mid-Holocene campsite (Hadramawt, Yemen) and the difficulty of determining cultural tradition |
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| Authors: | Rémy Crassard |
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| Institution: | Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (LCHES), The Henry Wellcome Building, University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QH, UK
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| Abstract: | Located in Wâdî Mikhfar, Yemen, the stratified site of HDOR 410 was excavated by the French Archaeological Mission in Jawf-Hadramawt. The site illustrates the co-existence of a form of expediency and a form of complexity in the production of lithics, revealing the presence of industries with low technological visibility (expedient production of flakes) at a time traditionally characterised by marked typological constraints (production of trihedral points). |
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| Keywords: | expediency lithic technology Yemen Hadramawt mid-Holocene |
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