Table of contents : Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 12 List of Contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 The Emergence of Modern Humans: Issues and Debates......Page 20 2 The Levant and the Modern Human Debate......Page 29 Case Study......Page 48 3 A Case Study from Southern Jordan: Tor Faraj......Page 50 4 Human Behavior and the Stone Tools from Tor Faraj......Page 77 5 Small Lithic Debris Analysis......Page 103 6 Into the Mind of the Maker: Refitting Study and Technological Reconstructions......Page 124 7 Middle Paleolithic Plant Exploitation: The Microbotanical Evidence......Page 173 8 Formation Processes and Paleosurface Identification......Page 189 9 Site Structure and Material Patterning in Space on the Tor Faraj Living Floors......Page 215 Summary......Page 252 10 Behavioral Organization at Tor Faraj......Page 254 Appendix A: Alphabetical Listing of Attribute Definitions Used for the Tor Faraj Small Lithic Debris Study......Page 288 Appendix B: Small Lithic Debris Analysis Results Tables......Page 293 Appendix C: Cross-Cultural Data for Hearths in Rockshelters......Page 302 Appendix D: Analysis of Sediments for Zinc and Phosphate Ions......Page 305 References......Page 313 B......Page 330 C......Page 331 E......Page 332 I......Page 333 M......Page 334 P......Page 335 S......Page 336 Z......Page 337