Fig. 1: The location of study sites (Tor Faraj, Tor Sabiha, Wadi Aghar, Tor Fawaz, and Tor Hamar) in southern Jordan. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: The location of study sites (Tor Faraj, Tor Sabiha, Wadi Aghar, Tor Fawaz, and Tor Hamar) in southern Jordan.

From: Delayed increase in stone tool cutting-edge productivity at the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in southern Jordan

Fig. 1

a Map of the Levant showing Late Middle Paleolithic, Initial Upper Paleolithic, and Early Upper Paleolithic sites. Early Upper Paleolithic sites include those with Ahmarian and similar bladelet assemblages. The maps were made with Natural Earth. b Satellite image (OpenStreetMap) of the western Hisma Basin in southern Jordan, showing the four study sites and the distributions of chert outcrops according to geological maps87,97 and survey30. Data of the prehistoric sites are from refs. 29,98. Note that chert outcrops in the Hisma Basin are small and sporadic, and such raw material settings are shared by the five study sites.

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