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Asprochaliko and Kastritsa: Further Investigations of Palaeolithic Settlement and Economy in Epirus (North-West Greece)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

G. N. Bailey ,
P. L. Carter ,
C. S. Gamble  and
H. P. Higgs
G. N. Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ
P. L. Carter
Affiliation:
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ
C. S. Gamble
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, S09 5NH
H. P. Higgs
Affiliation:
Department of Organic & Inorganic Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW
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Abstract

This paper sets out the detailed stratigraphy and chronology of the palaeolithic rockshelters of Asprochaliko and Kastritsa excavated in the 1960s, the methods used by the original investigators in excavation and classification of the finds, and the general characteristics of the stone industries and fauna. Methods of estimating the density of finds are discussed. Estimates of time density — the number of specimens accumulated per unit area per unit time — are applied to the upper palaeolithic deposits at both sites and reveal major differences in the rate of discard of material, indicating more intensive occupation at Kastritsa. Inter-site differences in the proportion of faunal species and artefact types are analysed in the light of the time-density evidence, and the various factors that could have influenced the pattern of inter-site variation are discussed.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , 1983 , pp. 15 - 42
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1983

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