Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 637-652Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.006
Keywords
Tephra correlation; Middle Paleolithic; Lower Paleolithic; Kaletepe Deresi 3
Funding
- L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
- Research Fund of Istanbul University [533/05052006]
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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The Central Anatolian Volcanic Province (CAVP) in Turkey preserves widespread deposits of Quaternary tephra, presently associated with a small but growing number of Paleolithic archaeological sites. We use multivariate analyses of the abundances of a Suite of nine major and minor element oxides determined by electron probe microanalysis. From these data, we construct a classificatory model for correlating distal tephra to one of five volcanic edifices or eruptive phases within the CAVP. Application of this model to distal deposits Of primary tephra-fall and reworked tuffaceous sediments from the archaeological sites of Korkuyu and Kaletepe Deresi 3 indicates Late to possibly Early Pleistocene ages for the artifact assemblages there, and provides a fundamental tephrostratigraphic framework to examine spatial and temporal variation in hominin behavior comparable to that of other regions, such as eastern Africa. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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