⚒ Levallois Core Reduction Canvas
Strikes: 7/7
Click or tap platform on canvas to knap
Flake Type Yield
Standard Levallois Point
Dimensions (L × W × T)
68 × 34 × 8 mm
Edge Angle / Cutting Utility
36° • 94% Butchery
Raw Material Economy
88% Volume Retained
Prepared centripetal Levallois core of fine-grained Eocene Chert from Ti's al Ghadah. Strikes shape lateral convexities before delivering the final platform blow, releasing a thin, highly aerodynamic hunting point.
🗺 Pleistocene Green Arabia Paleolake Corridor
Transit: Complete
Band at Lake Refugium
Water Refugium Distance
18.4 km
Faunal Prey Encounter
Oryx & Camelus thomasi
Monsoon Pluvial Inflow
280 mm/yr (Active Basins)
Hydration & Thermal Risk
Low (Lake Connected)
During MIS-3 (55,000 BP), enhanced Indian Ocean monsoons transformed the Arabian desert interior into interconnected grassland corridors and freshwater lakes, allowing Neanderthal groups to track migrating game far south of the Levant.
📜 Lithic Assemblage & Verdict
Live Science 2026 Audit
Adaptation Synthesis
Arid-adapted Middle Paleolithic technocomplex supported by ephemeral lake chains
Stratigraphic Site Data
Site: Ti's al Ghadah Basin (Nefud Desert)
Horizon: Layer 4 Lacustrine Silt
Date: ~55,000 ± 3,200 BP (OSL/ESR)
Hominin: Homo neanderthalensis
Horizon: Layer 4 Lacustrine Silt
Date: ~55,000 ± 3,200 BP (OSL/ESR)
Hominin: Homo neanderthalensis
Techno-Economic Toolkit
• Prepared Levallois Flakes: 62%
• Lateral Retouched Scrapers: 24%
• Debitage & Core Re-preparation: 14%
• Lateral Retouched Scrapers: 24%
• Debitage & Core Re-preparation: 14%