The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece: 2010–2012

Nena Galanidou; Constantin Athanassas; James Cole; Giorgos Iliopoulos; Athanasios Katerinopoulos; Andreas Magganas; John McNabb

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4_8

The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece: 2010–2012

Nena Galanidou, Constantin Athanassas, James Cole, Giorgos Iliopoulos, Athanasios Katerinopoulos, Andreas Magganas, John McNabb

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Rodafnidia is an Acheulian site on Lesbos Island, in the north-east Aegean Sea. This chapter presents the model that guided Paleolithic investigations on the island, the his-tory of research, and the results of the 2012 expedition of systematic work in the field, which consisted of surface sur-vey and excavation. The typology and technology of lithic artifacts from the surface and the uppermost Unit 1, as well as the first cluster of luminescence dates, firmly place the early component of the site in the Middle Pleistocene. The Acheulian industry derives from fluvio-lacustrine deposits at a locale with abundant fresh-water and lithic resources. Situated in the north-east Mediterranean Basin, an area where research on early hominin prehistory is intensifying, Rodafnidia holds the potential to contribute to Eurasian Lower Paleolithic archaeology and fill the gap in our under-standing of early hominin presence and activity where Asia meets Europe.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context
Editors	K. Harvati, M. Roksandic
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	119-138
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9789402408744
ISBN (Print)	9789402408737
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4_8
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 2017

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Name	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series

Keywords

Lower Paleolithic
Large cutting tools
Middle Pleistocene
West Asia
pIRIR dating

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Galanidou, N., Athanassas, C., Cole, J., Iliopoulos, G., Katerinopoulos, A., Magganas, A., & McNabb, J. (2017). The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece: 2010–2012. In K. Harvati, & M. Roksandic (Eds.), Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context (pp. 119-138). (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4_8

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The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece: 2010–2012. / Galanidou, Nena; Athanassas, Constantin; Cole, James et al.
Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context. ed. / K. Harvati; M. Roksandic. Dordrecht: Springer, 2017. p. 119-138 (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series).

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Galanidou N, Athanassas C, Cole J, Iliopoulos G, Katerinopoulos A, Magganas A et al. The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece: 2010–2012. In Harvati K, Roksandic M, editors, Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context. Dordrecht: Springer. 2017. p. 119-138. (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series). doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4_8

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