Paléorient, vol. 36.2, p. 117-161 © CNRS ÉDITIONS 2010 Manuscrit reçu le 3 mai 2010, accepté le 2 décembre 2010 Upper Paleolithic Levels xiii-vi (A and B) from the 1937-1938

and 1947-1948 Boston College Excavations and the Levantine Aurignacian at Ksar Akil, Lebanon

J. K. Williams and C. A. Bergman

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“ What about the bladelets?” J. Tixier, 1987 The Ksar Akil (Ksar ‘ Akil, Ksar ‘ Aqil) rockshelter is located 10 km northeast of Beirut just above the coastal plain in the foothills of the Lebanon Mountain Range (fi g. 1). The site is situated at the base of a high limestone cliff on the north bank of the Antelias River Valley (fi g. 2). Ksar Akil has been the focus of several different excavations, the last of which was directed by J. Tixier between 1969 and 1975. With some 23 m of deposits at the site spanning the Middle Paleolithic to the Epi-paleolithic, it remains unparalleled throughout the Eastern