http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=130 Entrées d’index fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6098 This paper aims at summarizing the main chronological framework and characteristics of the cultural entities recognized today within the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Levant. The Lower Palaeolithic incorporates several of the oldest sites, such as ‘Ubeidiya, that can be compared in part to Dmanisi in Georgia. Numerous assemblages and a few samples are recorded in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. The Upper Acheulian is better known and seems to date from the early Middle Pleistocene. The Acheulo-Yabrudian entity is a special culture known only from the northern and central Levant. The Levantine Mousterian is currently at the center of the debate over the origins of modern humans. New TL dates indicate that the early Mousterian manifestations may be 270 kyr old and that the latest are 50–48 kyr old. Middle Palaeolithic sites provide information concerning prehistoric diets, hearths, and human mortuary practices. Mineralogical studies decipher the differences in bone preservation in various caves. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:54:28 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:54:35 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6098 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=124 In our overview we endeavour to present the current state of research as regards the Levantine Upper Palaeolithic sequence from the Initial Upper Palaeolithic onwards, with particular emphasis upon the relationship between the Ahmarian and Aurignacian techno-complexes. It seems to us that the Euro-centric bias in the interpretations of the local data, initially apparent in the writings of the pioneer researchers of Levantine prehistory can still be traced, at least to a degree, in present-day studies. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:13:35 +0100 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:14:17 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=124