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The study of the human societies of the Final Pleistocene of North Africa requires an in-depth analysis of the techno-typological characteristics of the microlithic industries that were widespread in the whole Mediterranean area during the period between 24000 and 10000 years ago. Most of the research projects in Maghreb and Libya were carried out decades ago. At the time sediments were rarely sieved and the small lithic tools, so characteristic of this period, were often lost. Also, little attention was paid to the raw material sourcing, which is an exceptional tool for understanding technology, human behavior and land management. It is thus of great importance to focus on new research, that has the potential to delineate a more detailed picture of the North-African Later Stone Age. Based on more recent research in the Jebel Gharbi (Libya), this book offers a high-resolution description and documentation of the LSA lithic complexes of North-Western Libya, applying an approach that integrates up-to-date techno-typological studies with geochemistry and functional analysis. This research aims to define the characteristics of the human occupation of the Jebel Gharbi during the Late Pleistocene, with specific reference to the period from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene transition, delineating a picture of the human occupation of the area through about ten millennia. This volume represents an exhaustive overview on the Prehistory of Northern Libya in areas that aren't, nowadays, accessible to researchers.

Tools, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Stone implements --- Mountains --- Libya --- Antiquities.

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This book analyses the relationship between the lifestyles and stone tools of two archaeological sites: “El Trobal” in Jerez de la Frontera and “La Esparragosa” in Chiclana de la Frontera, both in the province of Cádiz. It is framed in the IV and III millennium B.C.E. through an analysis of the lithic elements (worked, polished, rounded stones, etc.) with a total of 5,088 products.The results show a continuation of the ways of life in the transition from the IV to the III millennium B.C.E. based on agriculture and livestock, without abandoning hunting or fishing, the latter of which is of great significance since they were maritime enclaves. Likewise, the use of the same raw materials in the manufacture of stone products and the appearance of new identities - such as the creation of open spaces for cultivation through deforestation, the appearance of new structures such as silos and a change in the structuring of the first social divisions that give rise to a social hierarchy based on the control of territory and property - are examined in depth.

Neolithic period --- Copper age --- Stone implements --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Cádiz (Spain : Province) --- Antiquities.