Scrapers and bifacial pieces. Technological characteristics of Yabrudian industries at Yabroud, Tabun and Adlun (Central Levant): a comparative study

Here we present a technological analysis of Yabrudian lithic assemblages from three major sites in the Levant: the eponymous site of Yabroud (shelter I), located in a steppe region, and the sites of Tabun and Adlun (Bezez Cave), both located in coastal zones. Our research focuses on the definition of the Yabrudian in the Levantine region, on the one hand, and its origin and chronological aspects on the other. We focus particular attention on whether the Yabrudian represents an individual facies or forms part of a larger techno-complex of Middle Palaeolithic industries.

Levant, Middle Palaeolithic, Yabrudian, lithic techno-complex.