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The Mousterian: A Study of a Paleolithic Tool Industry
Loenoard A. Zalucha Illinois Wesleyan University
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TABlE I
The Pleist.ocene Glacial and InterGlacial Periods ( probable equivalents )
Yeiiis B.P. GencyaJ ( ) Alpine Numerical not' t.o scale terms Terms 'I'8rms (7.c1Jner) 10,000
lvtirm III 24,000 Glacia.tion
Hurm II/III 27,000 Interstadial vliirm II Fourth last 32,000 Glaciation Glaciation Glaciation
Hurm l/n Upper 45,000 Interstadial Pleistocene ifurm I 70,000 Glaciation
Riss-\iurm Third last c. 150,000 Interglacial TnterElacj,aJ Intr-r{;,laciaJ
Riss Third Penultimat� c. 200,000 Glaciat50n Clacjation Clar.iation tHndel-riss Second PenultimatE' c. 300,000 Intergla,cial Interglacial Int�T[-"lacial HidilJe Pleistocene Nindcl Scconn AntpTl::�nul t imR.te Glaciation Gladahof, Glacia.tion c. LfOO,'000
Gunz-Nindel Fir,t Antepenultimate Interglacial IntoX'{!l"lcl p_l InterrJa!Cial
Gunz F'irr,t F�,rl�T Glaciation Glac4.ation Claciation c. 1,000,000 Lower Donau-Gun�' Pleistocene Interglac) o�l (Villafranchian)
Donau Glacia,tj on Plio-PJ0i�tocem� ROlJnd2�ry, c. 1,500,000 4
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CHRONOLOGICAL - CULTURU TABm OF THI� DIVISIONS OF THE PALF.OI ITHIC PERIOD
Alpine and Scandinavi(1n Approximate West Centyal Europe Human Types e;lacial oscUlations Hith Dates B.C. correspondlng chanGes of sea level and cl imate
Fini-GI(1cial pause with Il'].to fiagdalenian f'hanceliLde 8,500 ,�- - Baltic ice-lake iPre dmost " \early �Ia{':dalellian and � ro-magnon Fini-Glacial pause with iBaber's Baltic ice-lake bapsian industr�0S Hole !Rhod e sian 1],500 Gothi-glaci(11 retreat ;olutrean industry. Late Hith Baltic ice-lake turie;nacian industry c - Gothi-Glacial pause with arly Aurigna ian or Chat.elpeY' on
. ' · r · 1, ;') Baltic ice-lake r:hat.clperronian and ..Jrlffial d bapsian industries � ro-Ma{':non 18,500 f\f Wurm or Achen and D(1ni ri canthropus, so: Glacial retre(1ts Hith Frank �inal Moust.erian of the fort and Pomerctnian :pause. caves !Boskop Flanderian terxc,ce U
H 50,000 orisbad, Sl - a 16 assoo in 17 oore s s are seen even are not or oan , we aero 1 • I " 'e ';nT'i " see) ( a) in ) ( ) tool e oore oore eo .. are ...- ...... -""-. , ' ", , I it 1 aaaoa I sa , , ; c) disc-coro , p) Srr':.ll h I, T\'-; a oommon It soars .. c oome .. \ ml " i Hand-Qx. ---3 PT' , 80 on a. 8 " (A.bOVe) / rien 1:::ous'te 0"1£\,J.. '-' dD",ti\,/1), _ c flint fJ ak a) f;�lC'-8-0S witr� bl..u:in g\Jlr;),r b) (]u'�drD,n r se �") 1-») c) d) iDX "Fc:-;-t i c Been some as 38 , \ . " 1 • a or - rare e8Te 55 oereus The .. b) A corrli:form coup-de-poi , ;man or are APP?NDIX A : i -'.:; 01.18 I Fluke Co;:'€? Pebble tool carly ) I Piface ,nyathian ( Burma ) 'Typical Mousterian" SOIDe blended lAin Haneck elements in houkoutieniA.n( China ) Leva]loiso-MoustcTian Mousterian pre-Stellenbosch Patj i-tanian( Java ) Mico",pian Oldowan (kcheulean 6 & 7) T �-, : (> (d(/i£4 ;:J;-;: ; n�: 'I;:,P: � a at 7 narrow no (or soars " was an evan to or a aora 1 .. .. Ii ,).. .. 4. L .. S '" " 7 , p .. 8 .. .. .. , P II " .. , p .. " II> .. .. II>� " .. II> '" .. .. .. 1. Fossil p .. ). 2 3 .. .. 4" • 5 .. " .. .. 7. p .. 8" .. p 9. t .. .. .. 9 1 .. " .. p .. 3", ., " .. .. " " 1 241 .. " 2 101 POI 2. f P OI .3 .. 4. p. ; .. p .. .. 6. lilt PI> .. 7 .. ., 11 p .. .. .. , .. lit 9. ili , P .. .. .. 91 • Pili .. .. .. .. lit 17 .. p .. II .. .. " .. .. I> .. .. .. ,. .. , .. ,. 27 • fl 1' .. .. • .. " " .. , 31. , .. 115 32" " " , 35 .. " .. .. .. " .. , .. It " , .. " .. . " J .. .. , " , .. 1 .. .. 3 " " 5 7. .. , ...... 9 .. t p .. 145 .. " • OJ , " " " p .. " .. .. " p" 42 .. , .. 9 " " "