Eksino, on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros) in the Northeast Aegean, is a new open-air site with evidence of Palaeolithic cultural remains. Stone tools collected by an initial survey have clarified an assessment of the site from the Lower Palaeolithic, and brought to light new evidence from the Middle Palaeolithic as well as transition to the Upper Palaeolithic. Eksino is probably one of the most significant Lower Palaeolithic tool collections in the North Aegean, and finds such as chopper or chopping tools and Acheulean bifacial handaxes from the site show that the North Aegean may be another possible dispersal route from hominids to Europe via the East and Northeast Mediterranean during the Lower Palaeolithic. Middle Palaeolithic finds are frequent in the site and finds resemble the typical Mousterian type which is characterized by discoidal cores, Levallois cores and flakes, scrapers, denticulates, notches and points. Upper Palaeolithic finds are rare in the site, and a bifacial leaf point and large crescent-shaped backed pieces made on blades may reveal the presence of the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition on the island. This new data from Palaeolithic Gökçeada is likely to fill key geographic gaps associated with the initial dispersal of hominins through the northeast Aegean islands.

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爱琴海东北部 Gökçeada (Imbros) 岛上旧石器时代的新证据

Eksino 位于爱琴海东北部的 Gökçeada (Imbros) 岛上，是一个新的露天遗址，有旧石器时代文化遗迹的证据。初步调查收集的石器工具阐明了对旧石器时代下期遗址的评估，并揭示了旧石器时代中期以及旧石器时代上期过渡的新证据。Eksino 可能是北爱琴海最重要的旧石器时代下层工具收藏之一，并且从该遗址发现的诸如砍刀或砍刀工具和阿舍利双面手斧表明北爱琴海可能是从原始人经由东方到欧洲的另一条可能的传播路线旧石器时代晚期和地中海东北部。旧石器时代中期的发现在该遗址中很常见，发现类似于典型的Mousterian类型，其特征是盘状核心、Levallois核心和薄片、刮板、小齿、缺口和点。该遗址上旧石器时代的发现很少见，叶片上制成的双面叶尖和大的新月形背板可能揭示了岛上旧石器时代中上期过渡的存在。来自旧石器时代 Gökçeada 的这一新数据可能会填补与人族在爱琴海东北部岛屿最初扩散相关的关键地理空白。叶片上的双面叶尖和大的新月形背板可能揭示了岛上旧石器时代中上期过渡的存在。来自旧石器时代 Gökçeada 的这一新数据可能会填补与人族在爱琴海东北部岛屿最初扩散相关的关键地理空白。叶片上的双面叶尖和大的新月形背板可能揭示了岛上旧石器时代中上期过渡的存在。来自旧石器时代 Gökçeada 的这一新数据可能会填补与人族在爱琴海东北部岛屿最初扩散相关的关键地理空白。