RESEARCH ON THE PALAEOLITHIC OF THE EL KOWM AREA (SYRIA)

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1 Project of the Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science University of Basel, Switzerland supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (Syrian Arab Republic) and the Tell Arida Foundation (Switzerland) Executive board Chairman: Prof. Dr. J.-M. Le Tensorer Prof. Dr. S. Muhesen, Dr. Peter Schmid Scientific collaborators Th. Hauck, V. von Falkenstein, R. Jagher, H. Le Tensorer, D. Schuhmann, A. Taha, F. Wegmüller, D. Wojtczak Abstract

2 INTRODUCTION The El Kowm area, located in the very center of modern Syria can be considered as a region of reference for early Prehistory in the Near East. The presence of permanent water sources in the heart of the arid steppe attracted not only plenty of game but also favored continuous occupations since the Middle Pleistocene. There, in a small territory, conditions concurred to supply the Paleolithic population with their basic needs - water, food, raw material for their tools. The way sediments became trapped into mounds around and in springs explains the mighty deposits. At certain places, thick stratigraphic sequences comprising a large number of archaeological layers cover a period of several hundred thousands years. It is quite unusual for open-air sites to offer such a range of layers. Thus, this area is particularly favorable for studying the evolution of the way of life of hunter-and-gatherer societies, as well as the dynamic of their settling within this territory, throughout the Paleolithic. In the 1960s, for the first time, researchers such as Buccellati (1967) or Suzuki & Kobori (1970) surveyed Central-Syria. From 1980 on, systematic surveys unveiled the Paleolithic riches around El Kowm. Important parts of the basic archaeological fieldwork of the region of El Kowm have been achieved by J. and M.-C. Cauvin, L.Copeland, F. Hours, J.-M. Le Tensorer and S. Muhesen. A preliminary overview was presented by J.-M. Le Tensorer and the late F. Hours in Since that time, further surveys have been carried out with various purposes. The basic Paleolithic survey in the El Kowm area started in 1980 with a systematic inventory of Paleolithic sites. At this stage, observations were limited to qualitative confirmation of the archaeological period found on each site. This fieldwork was carried out during an extensive geomorphological survey, and about half of the sites known nowadays where recorded at the time. Unfortunately most of the shafts of the traditional wells are now filled up and the majority of the stratigraphies are no longer accessible. Later surveys and research focusing on the local Quaternary geology brought about the discovery of additional sites. We extended our research to a larger scope. This fieldwork covered more or less over 1300 km 2. In 2001 J.-M. Le Tensorer, R.Jagher and S. Muhesen have given a synthesis of the patterns of settlement dynamics in Paleolithic times in this particular region (Paleolithic settlement dynamics in the El Kowm Basin (central Syria). Published in Conard N. (ed.). : Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age. Kerns Verlag Tübingen, ). Since 1989, the Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science of the University of Basel has been starting an interdisciplinary research program, together with the department of History of the University of Damascus, for a better knowledge and understanding of the beginnings of Prehistory in this region. Our work could not have been achieved without permissions and gracious help granted from the General Direction of Antiquities and Museums of Damascus. Our gratitude goes to the General Director, Dr. Bassam JAMOUS, to the Director of excavations, Dr. Michel AL-MAQDISSI and to the Director of Antiquities of Palmyra, Mr. Waleed AL AS SAD who supports us throughout our fieldwork. Issuing from Africa, the first human beings migrated at different periods towards Asia and Europe. During these migrations, Syria played a leading role as a crossroads between the three continents. In fact, Man has been present for over 1,5 million years in Syria and the passage-way of the Orontes Valley following up the Jordan River has always been a favorable place for Early Paleolithic settlements.

3 After discovering a significant skull fragment of Homo erectus in the region of El Kowm at Nadaouiyeh Ain Askar in 1996, it became clear that a second route was also used for migrations towards the East. This is all the more obvious because the H. erectus bone shows typical Far-Eastern characteristics. Homo erectus skull of Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (about 500,000 years old) Recently, in the same region, an Oldowan-like assemblage has been found in the site of Hummal. The mighty stratigraphy of this site, as thick as 25 m, covers the whole Paleolithic. In 1980, a new blade industry, named Hummalian, was identified in a level located under a Middle Paleolithic sequence. A series of stratigraphic and sedimentological studies was carried out in the 1980s and, since 1997, the Institute of Prehistory of the University of Basel has been undertaking a thorough excavation of the site. The new investigations have fully corroborated the importance of Hummal as a key site for understanding the transition from the Lower to the Middle Paleolithic and the evolution of the Yabrudian and Hummalian cultures in Syria. Moreover, under the Yabrudian levels, a new industry - temporarily named "Tayacian" - has been found. Outstanding discoveries include a possible hearth structure and traces of a living floor with small blocks of travertine and limestone. The oldest traces of human settlements are present in the bottom layers showing an Oldowan assemblage of flakes and pebble-tools in association with numerous animal remains, tokens of very old human migrations through the Syrian desert steppe. PRESENTATION OF THE AREA The El Kowm area is encompassed by two mountain ranges; along its southern margin lies the eastern end of the Northern Palmyrides range, a stately chain of steep mountains ranging between 400 and 650 m above the landscape and in the northeast is Djebel Al Bishri, a broad dome with an elevation of 400m or more cut off by a spectacular crag, commanding the plain of El Kowm below. The El Kowm area is in a circular, 20 km-wide gap in the mountain range which stretches across Syria from the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the west to the Euphrates River in the east and divides northern Syria from the Arabian Desert. On the whole, the land shows very few structural features in this area, except for the southeastern part of the plain around El Kowm, right at the foot of the Bishri escarpment, where small hills and low cliffs appear. In the past, the open landscape between the mountain ranges offered a preferential route for passing herds, as witnessed nowadays by well preserved tracks in the desert around El Kowm. The numerous springs or water points in an arid landscape must have played an obvious part in attracting, from far away, a large number of animals to this region.

4 Nadaouiyeh Hummal El Kowm km m.a.s.l. The hydrological system in the area of El Kowm is supplied by a mere 120 mm annual precipitation. Considering the geographical situation of the region, the normal rainfall patterns prevailing over inland parts in the Near East did not basically change throughout the Pleistocene. That is to say, intermittent rains in winter and long, dry summers predominated. Under these circumstances any long lasting settlement could rely upon basic water sources. Most of the scarce water, which comes through rainfall, is drained off by a few wadis to the southeast. These waters disappear into the huge alluvial plain of Qsar al Hair. Drinkable surface water is only available at the bottom of the wadis and only during a few days right after heavy rains; otherwise, numerous springs around El Kowm enable permanent settlements in the desert steppe. The natural springs of the region are epithermal artesian wells, highly saturated with mineral salts and flowing out at a temperature of about 30 C. The circulation of these waters is probably based upon a single geological structure, hence, natural springs clearly cluster around the platform of El Kowm and along the southwest and northern rim of the plateau of Al Qdeir. The landscape is also characterized by accumulations of sediments into prominent mounds at the springs. The long archaeological sequences at the spring sites show how reliable these sources have been over extremely long periods while prehistoric activity seems to have been intermittent. RAW MATERIAL Around El Kowm raw material was provided throughout prehistoric times mainly by Lower Eocene flint. Siliceous nodules from the Cretaceous sediments were used only on rare occasions.

5 Geologic map around El Kowm: green.-cretaceous, brown.-eocene, grey.-quaternary Despite mineralogical studies of flint material and locations of flint outcrops during intensive surveys of the region and its surroundings we were not able to identify exactly the possible strategies of provision. Flawless, appropriate-sized nodules available in the outcrops offer raw material of exceptional quality. Three major sectors have been yielding raw material: 1. The North strip Though the low hills north of the Wadi Qdeir are located only 3 to 4 km away from the nearest base camp, they show outcrops with scattered, generally heavily weathered raw stones. Heading east of the north strip, conditions tend to improve; narrow strips of flint beds appear in and along the few wadis. 2. The south strip South of the Djebel Minshar, or behind the limits of the present El Kowm area, are located rich outcrops of flint beds teeming with raw material in primary and secondary positions along the course of Wadi Latum. 3. The eastern part The foothills, below the Djebel Al Bishri escarpment represent a real godsend for flint knappers. In this sector, low hills are crossed by countless wadis in which the flint levels of Lower Eocene are exposed over 200 km 2 (Medvedev 1966). First-rate quality raw material is available in unlimited quantities all over this sector. Continuous layers comprising 20 cm-

6 high slabs and blocks of flint stretch all along low cliffs (15 to 20 m high) for hundreds of meters.

7 CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK CONSERVATION OF SITES AND CONDITION OF DISCOVERY As is the case for caves in other regions where people settled again and again on the same spot, the water sources in the El Kowm area attracted humans over long periods to the same place, and the cultural remains of the settlers and their individual occupations accumulated over the years. On the spring sites, fine sediments piled up rapidly and these Paleolithic openair sites are exceptionally well preserved and they represent a fourth of the sites known in the area. As for the others, they are mainly surfaces scattered with flint tools providing no further information on the structure of the ancient settlements. The Kebarian sites, however, were not affected by strong Pleistocene erosion phases, and the very good condition of their

8 preservation still offers more or less the original pattern of settling. All these different sites belong to three main types: 1. Open-air settlement sites on surfaces which have been uncovered by erosion. This type of site is quite often related to debitage workshops which are spatially connected to natural outcrops of flint. These debitage workshops and open-air settlements are observed all over the region with which we are dealing, and this type prevails in most of the recorded sites. 2. Stratigraphies revealed by natural processes (e.g. erosion by the wadis). They are in situ and may occur anywhere where geological conditions are adequate (sufficient relief, rain channeled into a narrow course). This type of site is exceptional. 3. Artificial profiles. They usually result from the digging of wells where old springs were located. For archaeological purposes, in the whole area around El Kowm, we have checked all the traditional wells and other holes made by the local population. Though there are a large number of sites situated on the old springs, only half of the investigated wells have produced Paleolithic sites. This type of site is limited to the core area. The evaluation of the general frequency of human settlement distribution in the El Kowm region is also based upon stratified sites where successive occupations are visible in various archaeological levels. For instance, the site of Nadaouiyeh shows at least 24 distinct Acheulian levels, that of Hummal more than 50 levels starting from the oldest Paleolithic. PALECOLOGY AND FAUNA Palecological data for the Paleolithic in the El Kowm area are meager despite extensive fieldwork. They are limited to the two main sites that are presently being excavated: Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar -Acheulian to early Middle Paleolithic- and Hummal- Oldest Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic. Both paleobotany and paleontology studies indicate that the climate prevailing throughout the Middle and the Upper Pleistocene was dry with only a few short periods affording better conditions for the vegetation. Human subsistence depended for a large part on the hunting of steppe animals such as gazelles, equids and especially camelids. The faunal remains of Middle Paleolithic sites of the Near East (after P. Schmid)

9 In 2006, a preliminary analysis of the vertebrate faunal remains from Hummal has been provided. The faunal assemblages are accompanied by a Middle Paleolithic industry. Although absolute dates are missing for the moment, it seems that the Mousterian layers in Hummal can be placed in an earlier phase of Levantine Middle Paleolithic. Within the El Kowm area two essential resources existed: a good flint supply and adequate grazing for the herbivorous animals on which the Hummal inhabitants relied. Boreal Eurasiatic species such as Dama, Cervus, Capreolus, Sus, Hippopotamus, are all completely lacking at Hummal. Most of the cave sites with Neanderthal remains that have been excavated in the Near East lie within the Boreal Eurasiatic zone, and their fossil faunas. Neanderthals used the Levant during one of the cold spells of the last ice age, when the Middle East would have been warmer and wetter than the frozen lands to the north. In contrast, the Hummal material is dominated by steppe and desert genera such as Camelus, Gazella, Hemionus, and Strutio, which form the major part of the Saharan-Indian species. The El Kowm area contributes to our currently poor knowledge of the Saharan-Indian fauna adapted to the arid conditions during the Pleistocene. Fossil records and modern distributions suggest that the environmental conditions in the El Kowm Basin during the Middle Paleolithic occupations were not essentially different from the semi-desert conditions prevailing today and suggest that this fauna is long established and long adapted to the semiarid conditions of this area. Thus, the Middle Paleolithic occupations seem to have occurred in dry environmental conditions from the beginning. The outstanding feature of the Mousterian period is a giant camel, which coexisted with C. dromedarius. Within the over 30 bone fragments of the Mousterian giant, we also found several cranial parts, which exceed the size of C. dromedarius. A giant form, C. thomasii was described for different skeletal elements in North African as well as in Near Eastern sites. In the original description Pomel unfortunately mixed the cranial parts of a normal sized Camelus cf. bactrianus with a partial metapodial of the outstanding sized C. thomasii. Therefore, we consider C. thomasii as an invaluable species. The material from Hummal will be described as a new species, C. moreli. The mammalian faunule from Hummal comprises the biogeographical label of an impressive African dominance in the local biome. The impact of glacial episodes and the proximity of large desert domains constantly reshaped the biotic gradients between the Palaearctic and the Eremian belt. It is not yet clear whether the human populations of Hummal Middle Palaeolithic were part of a new African exodus, whether they were autochthonous, or whether they were associated with a biotic invasion of Palaearctic elements (cervids) in the coastal Levantine corridor.

10 Giant Camel bones (ph. P. Schmid) Considering the continental geographic position of the area, the present pattern of rainfall couldn t have been much different during the Pleistocene. There might have been merely a few fluctuations in the normal rainfall which allowed steppe vegetation but never a woodland cover. Another reason why there was no opportunity for a lush vegetation to develop is related to the nature of the subsoil, which does not retain rainwater. Most of the water flows on the surface and does not infiltrate. To test these hypotheses it is important to know which hominid was responsible for the bone accumulation at Hummal. On the one hand, an early H. sapiens could have migrated from Africa associated with the biotic dispersal of large mammals. On the other hand, Neandertal invaders could have adapted to the steppe cozens by developing different hunting strategies. Unfortunately, there is a huge discrepancy between the amount of artefacts found at Hummal and the hominid remains at this locality. Only a medial left upper incisor was found in level 5b, belonging to the middle Mousterian industry. Apart from the lithics, a relatively old age is given by the fact that a new megafaunal element (Dromedarius sp. nov.) was found in the same horizon. The time span could be roughly set between 60'000 and years. The combination of traits favours a determination of the Hummal incisor as belonging to the Neandertal group. However, the root length (15.3 mm) is below the range observed in Neandertals. Other measurements, such as the labio-lingual diameter, seem to cluster the tooth with the latter but compared to the specimens from Qafzeh, we cannot exclude a certain resemblance to the oldest anatomically modern man. The Mousterian human tooth of Hummal (ph. P. Schmid)

11 A second element, a human radial diaphyseal section discovered in 2003 at Hummal, provides limited additional evidence for Middle Palaeolithic late archaic humans. The total length of the specimen is 109 mm. Despite variation in radial diaphyseal proportions, in the context of the available human remains from the later Pleistocene of western Eurasia, the Hummal radius has proportions that align it predominantly, but in no way exclusively, with early modern human remains. This suggests that the human population responsible for the Middle Palaeolithic at Hummal was by no means clearly attributable to the Neandertal lineage. This may be in contrast to the remains from the Levantine corridor and the caves further to the north and northwest in the Zagros Mountains. PALEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN THE EL KOWM AREA THE FIRST HUMAN OCCUPATIONS. The oldest traces of human settlements are present in the bottom layers of Hummal showing an Oldowan assemblage of flakes and pebble-tools in association with numerous animal remains, tokens of very old human migrations through the Syrian desert steppe. THE ACHEULIAN. The key site for the Acheulian in the El Kowm area, as well as for the whole Near East, is the site of Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar. This site enables us, for the first time in the Near East, to follow the evolution of the Acheulian over a succession of at least six distinct stages. In Nadaouiyeh, throughout the whole stratigraphy, we notice a steady decrease of the quality and finishing touch of the manufactured handaxes. A common characteristic to all Acheulian groups is a heavy predominance of the handaxeconcept as the basic tool and a nearly complete lack of retouched flakes throughout the whole sequence. Our own observations in Nadaouiyeh infer that handaxes appearing to belong to an evolved stage and which have been found out of stratigraphical contexts (such as open-air finds) might be much older than first assumed by the archaeologists based on their outward form. Hence, we cannot evaluate the age of isolated finds out of geological context on openair surfaces. So far, out of the 26 Acheulian sites recorded in the area, only three show similar assemblages to that of Nadaouiyeh and can be related to its sequence. Most of the isolated finds and small assemblages of handaxes cannot be attributed to a specific Acheulian stage. The size of Acheulian assemblages is highly variable, ranging from a few items to several dozen, several hundred, or even to several tens of thousands of handaxes.

12 Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar in 1996 (ph. R. Jagher) The 26 Acheulian sites are more or less regularly scattered all over the surveyed area. We cannot say to what extent the Acheulian people were independent of water points - though the distribution of small sites seems to bear no relation to water points not knowing the size and history of these sites. THE EARLY MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC (YABRUDIAN AND HUMMALIAN). When we refer to «early Middle Paleolithic», we mean the Acheuleo-Yabrudian and Tabun D type Mousterian. Although the Yabrudian still includes a small number of handaxes, it is nevertheless to be completely separated from the Acheulian. There is a drastic change toward a systematic production of flakes in a typical Mousterian core reduction, completely unknown in the preceding Acheulian. During the first stages of the early Middle Paleolithic, technological diversity could already be noticed. The second phase of the Early Middle Paleolithic is characterized in the Near East by a widely spread change, namely the production of elongated blanks by a prismatic core reduction. In the area of El Kowm and in most sites, the Levallois technique was applied parallel to the laminar production in order to secure broader and mostly triangular flakes. The Early Middle Paleolithic (Yabrudian and Hummalian) is only known in the core area. Except for two dubious discoveries on workshop sites, all early Middle Paleolithic settlements are related to water holes and appear to have been important.it is difficult to say how we should interpret the absence of settlements and workshop sites in the open landscape. For the present, we favor the hypothesis of a post-formation erosion destroying most of the previous surfaces. THE LATE MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC

13 Most of the main settlements belonging to the Late Middle Paleolithic are only known thanks to finds in refuse sediments from the digging of wells. Consequently, stratified material is rarely available. The material collected in these sediments can be related to the Tabun B and Tabun C Mousterian which we name «Levalloiso-Mousterian». The considerable diversity in Levallois production systems appearing in the late Middle Paleolithic throughout the Levant is also found in El Kowm. Several Middle Paleolithic sites show obvious differences from the Tabun B and C group. Rarely found in stratigraphical context, these sites are difficult to place in a general scheme. Contrary to the early Middle Paleolithic (Yabrudian and Hummalian) the late Middle Paleolithic shows an extensive proliferation of sites. If we consider a roughly similar period of time, the number of sites increases from 18 to 60. However, it is hard to compare these different periods because significant erosion, probably during OIS 12 and to a lesser degree OIS 6, have most likely destroyed many sites. As regards the later part of the Middle Paleolithic, we note a clear division in the land use: on one hand, most of the time, huge base camps were situated around water sources or springs yielding outstanding numbers of Levallois flakes at all stages of modification and showing a near total lack of Levallois cores; on the other hand, debitage workshops which are spatially connected to natural outcrops providing numerous Levallois cores but rare target flakes. The Middle Paleolithic workshop sites are usually to be found on the low ridges and flats contiguous to the flint outcrops which were exposed by gentle erosion. Mousterian implements from Hummal (late Middle Paleolithic) THE UPPER AND LATE PALEOLITHIC Except for the site of Hummal where the Upper Paleolithic is clearly represented, the other sites of Levantine Aurignacian are located in the northern part of the Al Qdeir Plateau. Only two of them are related to springs, and the others lie several kilometers from the nearest permanent water hole. The most important occupation of the hunter-and-gatherer societies around El Kowm took place shortly after the major climatic deterioration of OIS 2 during the Late Paleolithic (Kebarian). Twenty-six out of 30 recorded sites are concentrated in the core area around the Al Qdeir Plateau and the platform of El Kowm where water points are located. Only ten of them seem to be directly related to the springs. However a few occupations can be found elsewhere, namely at the top of the Djebel Minshar at an elevation of 700 m and at the foot of the Djebel Bishri escarpment.

14 The Kebarian sites are large settlements with thousands of artifacts. Most of the time the sites spreading over several hectares, show a well-structured spatial organization and are located on a rise which affords favorable conditions. The area was largely occupied during the Kebarian, as inferred by the great number of sites from this period. An Aurignacian endscraper (Upper Paleolithic)

15 The two major sites of the El Kowm region : Nadaouiyeh and Hummal - a short summary Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar The site of Nadaouiyeh shows a sequence covering roughly the span between 500,000 and 100,000 years. The older part is especially well documented. The spring site comprises twenty eight levels of Acheulian at least and traces of Yabrudian, Hummalian, Levalloiso- Mousterian, Upper Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic, Neolithic and historical times. The geological history of the site is well established in its general outlines. The ancient, nowadays dried up spring depends on a karstic system that developed at the intersection of faults in the bedrock. Due to the tectonics the cave system evolved vertically, reaching eventually the surface and opening extensive dolinas between 30 to 50 m wide and roughly five to ten meters deep. This is basically the system that allowed the accumulation of Pleistocene deposits as the depression acted as a sediment trap. Actually we know of at least eight cave-ins of the underground accounting for quite a complex stratigraphy as those events overlap. Important sections of the deposits have been lowered as extensive slabs by several meters from their original level. Although the primary situation has been destroyed, the lowered sections were protected, as the remainder of these layers is lost to erosion. This intricate stratigraphy eventually comprises about 30 m of deposits. Dependent of the activity of the aquifer the depression on the surface remained dry, accumulating washed-in detritus collected by runoff from the margins. During periods with a high water table the depressions filled with water, creating a spring pond producing limnic sedimentation. Both topographic situations were appropriate to human settlement, as the dry depression offered a natural protection against the strong winds in the open landscape. With the presence of water the advantage is obvious, especially when considering the lush vegetation developing around the spring, providing natural shelter. The archaeological levels in Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar are extremely rich in artifacts (over 13,000 handaxes) among which 8000 handaxes were discovered in the limited excavation of layer 7 and, at a rough estimate, we assume that the whole layer would yield around 80,000 to 100,000 handaxes. This outstanding number is due to an accumulation of artifacts carried by solifluxion over several hectares. This very large amount shows that people have been

16 continuously living around the spring site over an estimate period of around 100,000 years. These periglacial erosions are probably attributable to the glacial stage OIS 12 which is dated between 450,000 and 480,000 years ago. The Acheulian sequence is of outstanding importance for the prehistory of the Middle East. For the first time we are able to follow a complex evolution of the Acheulian culture during roughly 400,000 years. Today we can characterize seven different phases of handaxe traditions at least. Surprisingly, the oldest occupations discovered in situ present the most refined handaxes of outstanding quality exceeding by far pure functionality, a feature gradually disappearing in the course of time. It is usually considered that artistic creativity is a trait of the modern human and that art appears only with Homo sapiens, at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic. If this fact seems well established, however it looks likely that the emergence of symbolic thought and aesthetic feeling has to be dated back to the Old Paleolithic. Indeed, the Acheulean biface shows a morphological symmetry and a remarkable aesthetic. Whenever this tool exclusively constitutes the lithic assemblage of a culture, as it is the case in the site of Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (central Syria), it can be suggested that it represents a strong symbolic component. The question is, was this harmonic aspect of the form really conceived by the tool maker or does it result from an unconscious phenomenon related to the knapping of the artifact? If it is indeed a conscious and desired symmetry, it is not impossible that the artisan tried to project a part of himself into the tool. Through this harmonic component of the bifaces, it seems that Homo erectus was already capable of symbolic behavior and a kind of artistic creativity. It is not a question of art as traditional conception, but probably of its first steps. Handaxes of Nadaouiyeh ph. E. Jagher

17 Evolution of the sedimentation in Nadaouiyeh (after Le Tensorer and Jagher) Evolution of the handaxes of Nadaouiyeh Aïn Askar (after R. Jagher and J.-M. Le Tensorer)

18 An almost complete left parietal bone of Homo erectus, about 500,000 years old, was discovered in 1996 in a well preserved Acheulian living floor. Parietal bone of Homo erectus (after P. Schmid) All pictures after P. Schmid

19 Hummal Hummal 2005 (ph. J.-M. Le Tensorer) Hummal presenting a roughly comparable geological background, is being intensively excavated since five years. Remarkable is the long stratigraphy nearly covering all traces of human history in the El Kowm area. General stratigraphy of Hummal (after J.-M. Le Tensorer)

20 Upper Paleolithic and recent periods (units 1-4) In the Holocene, fine aeolian sediments deposited during different stages of the formation of the well. Although several layers can be easily differentiated in stratigraphic terms, any archaeological determination remains unclear. A few isolated and non diagnostic ceramic pieces belonging perhaps to the Bronze Age period were found. An epipaleolithic settlement can only be confirmed by finds external to stratigraphic contexts. During the excavations in 2004, 2005 and 2006, Upper Paleolithic tools, such as end scarpers, were found in significant numbers for the first time in the upper part of layer 4. Late and early Middle Paleolithic (units 5-12) Evidences of Upper Middle Paleolithic settlements can be found in at least 8 successive main layers, each dividable into several sub-layers. Thus, numerous archaeological horizons the final number is still unknown - are embedded within a nearly 3 m deep sediment complex. The assemblages comprise tools clearly belonging to the Levalloiso-Mousterian showing a strong internal variability (under study) with a poorly known regional significance. Artifacts were found in stratified carbonate silts with varying sand contents as well as in thick detritic clay-colluviums. Mousterian implements of Hummal (ph. Th. Hauck) One of the most interesting questions concerns the "transition" between the Upper Middle Paleolithic and the directly underlying complex containing a Hummalian blade industry. The nearly exclusive tool categories of these assemblages (2500 artifacts) are unmodified or

21 variously retouched blades. A special case in Hummal is the association of Hummalian blades with typical Levalloisian components, a phenomenon recently found in the Palestine area. The lower part of this complex comprises four layers (8-12) which delivered small artifact samples and well preserved animal remains, both attributable to the Yabrudian period. Typical Hummalien points (Hummal layer 6b, ph. D. Wojtczak) Old Paleolithic (Units 13-25) At a depth of 13 m, a pebble industry with Oldowan resemblance represents the oldest human materials. Here, choppers and chopping tools are associated with irregular flakes. Chopping-tool (Oldowan, Hummal, ph. J.-M. Le Tensorer) Below this Oldowan-like assemblage only isolated and indeterminate finds are present in the bottom layers (19-25). On top of Oldowan deposits, Lower Paleolithic fire traces connected with a flake industry (Tayacian) can be found in carbonatic sediments (layer 13).

22 Tayacian living floor (ph. J.-M. Le Tensorer) Traces of Acheulian were found between the Tayacian and the Yabrudian complex. Acheulian handaxe found in relation with a Tayacian complex (drawing J.-M. Le Tensorer)

23 Conclusions The results of our researches shortly summed up above show the El Kowm area as a very ancient land of settlement, at the crossroad of African, Asiatic and European continents. The Oldowan levels in Hummal show that Man settled in this region more than a million of years ago. Quite exceptional is the discovery at Nadaouiyeh of the most important Homo erectus human skull fragment in the Middle East, dating from the Old Paleolithic and showing typical Far- Eastern characteristics. This major find opens the debate on the origin and the migrations of the first men. In 2005, another major discovery at Hummal was made as we excavated numerous bones of a new species of giant camel roughly dating back to 100'000 years. Nowadays, it is quite remarkable to be able to discover a new fossil mammal. The new camelid was found together with Middle Paleolithic human remains and has been named Camelus moreli. Moreover, the archaeological results are of outstanding importance. The study of transitional cultures such as Yabrudian and Hummalian between Old Paleolithic and Middle Paleolithic might certainly provide an answer to one of the most important question into which scientists have been looking for a certain time: the origins of Modern Man. Direction of the project Prof. Jean-Marie le Tensorer (IPNA University of Basel) Prof. Sultan Muhesen (University of Damascus) Dr. Peter Schmid (Anthropologisches Institut und Museum, University of Zurich) Syrian advisers Dr. Ammar Abdul-Rahman Dr. Ammar Haidar Dr. Heba Al Sakhel Excavation s staff in Hummal Thomas Hauck (IPNA University of Basel) Dorota Wojtczak (IPNA University of Basel) Hélène Le Tensorer (Dipl. Préhistoire et Géologie du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux and IPNA University of Basel) Vera von Falkenstein (Diploma of Geology ETH Zürich and IPNA University of Basel) Daniel Schuhmann (IPNA University of Basel) Fabio Wegmüller (IPNA University of Basel) Ahmed Taha, (Diploma University of Warsaw) Scientific collaborators (El Kowm Project) Dr. Reto Jagher (IPNA University of Basel) Dr. Josette Renault-Miskovsky (Directeur de Recherches CNRS, Lab. of palynology, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine de Paris) Dr. Daniel Richter (Datierungslabor, Max Plank Institut Leipzig) Dr. Marie-Agnès Courty (Directeur de Recherches au CNRS, Laboratoire de Géogie du Quaternaire, centre de Tautavel, France)

24 Dr. Philippe Rentzel (IPNA University of Basel, Geoarchaeology). Christine Pümpin (IPNA University of Basel, Geoarchaeology) Kristin Meyer-Ismail (IPNA University of Basel, Geoarchaeology). Hani El Suede (Master-student, IPNA University of Basel, Palaeontology) Daniela Hager (IPNA University of Basel,), Archaeology. Chloé Leconte (Master-student, Université de Bordeaux), Palaeontology. Margrit Peltier (Präparatorin, Anthropologisches Institut und Museum Universität Zürich), Konservierung und Abgüsse. Anne-Sophie Martineau (Master-student, Université de Bordeaux), Geology. Excavators Mustafa Al Najjar (University of Aleppo, Master-Student at the University of Basel) Nour Diar Bakerly (University of Aleppo) Firas Jabbur (University of Aleppo) Manar Kurdy (University Aleppo, Master-Student at the University of Basel) Zouha Nayyoul (University of Aleppo) David Brönimann (University of Basel) Caroline Heitz (University of Basel) Daria Hollenstein (University of Basel) Jonas Kissling (University of Basel) Margareth Warburton (Basel) Ines Winet (University of Basel) Serwan Jaffar Ali (University of Damascus) Abdel Basset Kennawi (University of Damascus) Fouad Kermo (University of Damascus) Meisa Na aji Abdul Kaddus (University of Damascus) Khaled Al Neime (University of Damascus) Sabrina Meyer (University of Zurich) Dr. Lara Modolo (University of Zurich) Juliane Münch (University of Zurich) Verena Pliha (Zurich) Jean-Baptiste Schmid (University of Zurich) Ian Wallace (State University Stonybrook)

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