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Aterian

The Aterian is a Middle Stone Age (or Middle Palaeolithic) stone tool industry centered in North Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, but also possibly found in Oman and the Thar Desert. The earliest Aterian dates to c. 150,000 years ago, at the site of Ifri n'Ammar in Morocco. However, most of the early dates cluster around the beginning of the Last…

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Dates
c. 150,000 – c. 20,000 BP
Followed by
Emiran, Ahmarian, Khormusan, Iberomaurusian
Geographical range
North Africa, Sahara, Northeast Africa, Arabia?, Oman?, Thar Desert?
Major sites
Taforalt, Ifri n'Ammar, Kharga Oasis, Dar es Soltan I & II, Grotte des Contrebandiers, Mugharet el Aliya, Uan Tabu, Adrar Bous, Bir Tarfawi
Period
Middle Palaeolithic – Upper Palaeolithic
Preceded by
Mousterian

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related to Description · 18
Aterian → Age, Although, Assemblages, Aterian North African, Bifacial, For, Green Sahara, Instead, Last Interglacial, Levallois, Middle Stone Age, More, North Africa, North African, North African Middle Stone, The, There, This
related to Associated behaviour · 17
Aterian → Africa, African, Apart, Homo, Iberomaurasian, Iberomaurusian, Jebel Irhoud, Levant, Morocco, North African, Qafzeh, Skhul, Studies, Such, The, The Aterian, While
related to Associated language · 8
Aterian → Atlantic, Due, Fleming, Kordofan, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Senegal, Sudan
Dates · 1
Aterian → c. 150,000 – c. 20,000 BP
Followed by · 1
Aterian → Emiran, Ahmarian, Khormusan, Iberomaurusian
Geographical range · 1
Aterian → North Africa, Sahara, Northeast Africa, Arabia?, Oman?, Thar Desert?
Major sites · 1
Aterian → Taforalt, Ifri n'Ammar, Kharga Oasis, Dar es Soltan I & II, Grotte des Contrebandiers, Mugharet el Aliya, Uan Tabu, Adrar Bous, Bir Tarfawi
Period · 1
Aterian → Middle Palaeolithic – Upper Palaeolithic
Preceded by · 1
Aterian → Mousterian
Type site · 1
Aterian → Bir el Ater

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africa north tools 000 also stone tanged age tool years middle assemblages african ago sahara site oman early mousterian industry

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AterianDatesc. 150,000 – c. 20,000 BP1.00infobox
AterianFollowed byEmiran, Ahmarian, Khormusan, Iberomaurusian1.00infobox
AterianGeographical rangeNorth Africa, Sahara, Northeast Africa, Arabia?, Oman?, Thar Desert?1.00infobox
AterianMajor sitesTaforalt, Ifri n'Ammar, Kharga Oasis, Dar es Soltan I & II, Grotte des Contrebandiers, Mugharet el Aliya, Uan Tabu, Adrar Bous, Bir Tarfawi1.00infobox
AterianPeriodMiddle Palaeolithic – Upper Palaeolithic1.00infobox
AterianPreceded byMousterian1.00infobox
AterianType siteBir el Ater1.00infobox
Aterianis aMiddle Stone Age0.90text
Aterianrelated to Associated behaviourThe Aterian0.60section
Aterianrelated to Associated behaviourHomo0.60section
Aterianrelated to Associated behaviourMorocco0.60section
Aterianrelated to Associated behaviourWhile0.60section

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