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‘Atiqot 103 (2021)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Flint Assemblage from Ashqelon, Afridar (Area E-2)
(pp. 91–105)
Alla Yaroshevich
Keywords: southern Canaan, flint, technology, chronology
This report presents an assemblage of 227 flint items recovered from Ashqelon, Afridar. Four distinctive industries were observed: Canaanean blades, tabular scrapers, ad hoc tools and bladelet-based tools. The distinctive bladelet-based industry is typical of the late Chalcolithic period, however, at Ashqelon, it seems to represent an early phase of EB I, as suggested by other finds at the site.