Journal: PaleoAnthropology
Year: 2013

Following the stratigraphic sequence described by D. Garrod in her pioneering excavations at Tabun Cave, the Levantine Mousterian is traditionally divided into three sub-stages (B, C, D) according to changes in modal forms of Levallois production.Despite the ubiquity of this terminology, none of these three stages from Tabun has been described in detail.Furthermore, our knowledge of variability in technology and chronology within the Levantine Middle Paleolithic has increased markedly in the las