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Book SynopsisKef Zoura D and Aïn Misteheyia are stratified Capsian escargotières (one openair, the other a rockshelter) in the Télidjène Basin, Eastern Algeria. They were excavated in the 1970s but have remained incompletely published. The sites are the only modern excavations of a Capsien Typique/Capsien Supérieur sequence, demonstrating that this is indeed a chronological progression related to the 8200 cal BP climate event. The technological (introduction of pressure flaking), palaeoeconomic and palaeoecological changes related to this event are examined in these contributions.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements (David Lubell); Chapter 1: Chronology and Stratigraphy of Kef Zoura D with Comparison to Relilaï (Mary Jackes and David Lubell); Chapter 2: The Lithic Assemblage (Peter Sheppard); Chapter 3: Caractérisation techno-typologique de deux assemblages sur matières dures animales capsiens: Kef Zoura D et Aïn Misteheyia (Simone Mulazzani and Jean-Philip Brugal); Chapter 4: Approche fonctionnelle des industries osseuses de Kef Zoura D et Aïn Misteheyia (Giacoma Petrullo); Chapter 5: Marine Shells from Kef Zoura D and Aïn Misteheyia (David S. Reese); Chapter 6: “Dessine-moi une autruche” La gravure de Kef Zoura D et la représentation de l’autruche au Maghreb (Noura Rahmani and David Lubell); Chapter 7: The vertebrate faunal assemblage (Mary Jackes and David Lubell); Chapter 8: Wood Charcoals of Kef Zoura D (A. Catherine D’Andrea, Sarah E. Oas and C. Thomas Shay); Chapter 9: Analyse fonctionnelle de l’industrie lithique capsienne de Kef Zoura D: premiers résultats (Bernard Gassin and Juan F. Gibaja); Addendum - Illustrations of Aïn Misteheyia lithics
