Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina

Tables

1.1. Dr. Henri-Martin’s system for the classification of lithic artifacts 24 1.2. Metric attributes of the largest hachoirs from Dr. Henri-Martin’s excavations 28 1.3. Diameter and weights of siliceous limestone spheroids 30 1.4. Counts (MNI) of microvertebrates from the station amont at La Quina 37 1.5. Environmental habitat of small mammal species at La Quina as recorded by Prof. Chaline 39 1.6. Percentages of major faunal categories from upper levels in the station amont 42 2.1. General correlation of Mlle. Henri-Martin’s couches with beds in the 1985–1994 excavation 58 2.2. General correlation of Dr. Henri-Martin’s couches with beds in the 1985–1994 excavation 59 4.1. Amounts of large éboulis clasts by level 77 4.2. Counts of identified faunal remains from the upper beds 78 4.3. Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility radiocarbon dates on bone samples from the upper levels at La Quina 81 4.4. Thermoluminescence dates on burned flint from the upper levels at La Quina 81 4.5. Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit radiocarbon dates on bone samples processed by ultrafiltration from the upper levels at La Quina 82 4.6. Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit radiocarbon dates on bone samples processed by ultrafiltration from the upper levels and Locus 2 at La Quina 82 5.1. Bordes indices and related counts for the upper and lower beds, derived deposits, and isolated contexts 99 5.2. Rank-order correlations for comparisons of counts of major artifact categories with the total count of pieces of cryptocrystalline material 104 5.3. Probabilities of rank-order correlation between counts of artifact groups other than racloirs 104 5.4. Percentages of whole and broken pieces in three major implement groups in the upper and lower beds 105 5.5. Rank-order correlations between counts of Bordes Types 48 + 49, pieces with light edge damage, and all other flint pieces 107 5.6. Percentages by weight of limestone and other sediments and percentages of Group II small flakes in the lower beds and in the derived deposits 119 5.7. Relationship through time between the proportional quantities (A/B) of Group I small flakes and sediments other than limestone 120 5.8. Correlations of counts of cryptocrystalline cores and counts of racloirs and of denticulates and notches 121 6.1. Weights and counts for cryptocrystalline materials > 2.5 cm ordered by total sample weight 128 6.2. Mean log(LWT) for materials ordered by total sample weight 129 6.3. Altered Material artifacts with weights > 165 g 132 6.4. Counts for ordered percentages of presence and absence of cortex 132 6.5. Ordered percentages of cortical surface by material 133 6.6. Ordered percentages of estimated total cortical surface by material 135 6.7. Counts of complete flakes for cortex position by material 136 6.8. Counts of amount of cortex on striking platform by material 136 6.9. Probabilities of rank-order correlation for material samples with counts > 200 by BRKDN category 139 6.10. Means of log length for BRKDN categories 140 6.11. Means of log width for BRKDN categories 141 6.12. Means of log thickness for BRKDN categories 142 6.13. Probabilities of differences of means of dimensions for pairs of BRKDN categories 142 6.14. Means of dimensions of transverse and lateral racloirs 143 6.15. Rank-order correlation of relationships between dimensions for BRKDN categories 143 6.16. Size ordering of BRKDN categories by sum of dimension ranks 143 6.17. Ranking of BRKDN categories by mean “surrogate ” weight 144 6.18. Probabilities of difference among materials for log(LWT) by BRKDN category 149 6.19. Striking platform dimensions by material 151 6.20. Counts of faceted platform flakes for Exotic Flint and all other materials 153 Tables xviii Tables 6.21. Combined totals of counts for other platform features by material 154 6.22. Correlations of log(LWT) of complete flakes from La Quina and Combe-Capelle Bas with LWT1/3 as “surrogate” weight 159 7.1. Percentages of difference between observed and expected frequencies of counts and weights of major cryptocrystalline materials by bed 168 7.2. Rank-order correlation probabilities (p) of weights for the five material categories for all contexts with counts > 50 169 7.3. Means of log(LWT) and log weight for major cryptocrystalline materials by bed 170 7.4. Quartz core tool weights 179 7.5. Retouched quartz flakes 180...