Final Remarks and Epilogue

Have any of the questions and problems raised in the introduction been addressed, let alone answered, in the preceding pages? We believe the present volume does contribute to understanding the Upper Palaeolithic phenomenon in the Levant, at least in terms of summarizing recent and current field projects. Both larger and more limited issues have received attention, thus serving as a point of reference for future studies. As is self-evident from the commentators’ remarks, there is no consensus even at the level of the ‘big’ picture of Levantine Upper Palaeolithic developments. While Marks extols the virtues of the 1980’s parallel phyla