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Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The Natufian culture is of great importance as a starting point to investigate the dynamics of the transition to agriculture. Given its chronological position at the threshold of the Neolithic (ca.
Leore Grosman +6 more
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Experimental Barley Flour Production in 12,500-Year-Old Rock-Cut Mortars in Southwestern Asia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Experimental archaeology at a Natufian site in the Southern Levant documents for the first time the use of 12,500-year-old rock-cut mortars for producing wild barley flour, some 2,000 to 3,000 years before cereal cultivation.
David Eitam +3 more
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A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 New human burials from northern Jordan provide important insights into the appearance of cemeteries and the nature of human-animal relationships within mortuary contexts during the Epipalaeolithic period (c.
Lisa A Maher +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 We present the results of a detailed geochemical provenance study of 54 Natufian (ca. 15,000–11,700 cal. BP) basalt pestles from the site of el-Wad Terrace (EWT), Israel. It is the first time precise locations from where basalt raw materials were derived
Danny Rosenberg +4 more
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Expansion of the known distribution of Asiatic mouflon (Ovis orientalis) in the Late Pleistocene of the Southern Levant [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Wild sheep (Ovis orientalis) bones recovered from the Natufian site of Shubayqa 1 demonstrate a wider distribution of mouflon in the Late Pleistocene of the Southern Levant than previously known.
Lisa Yeomans +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 During the Natufian period, more than 12,000 years ago, Eynan (Ain Mallaha) was an important human settlement in the Hula Valley, Israel. This study concentrates on the anuran and squamate assemblage from the ultimate stage of the Natufian period at the ...
Rebecca Biton +6 more
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Plant-based red colouration of shell beads 15,000 years ago in Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel (Israel).
PLoS ONE, 2023 Decorating the living space, objects, body and clothes with colour is a widespread human practice. While the habitual use of red mineral pigments (such as iron-oxide, e.g., ochre) by anatomically modern humans started in Africa about 140,000 years ago ...
Laurent Davin +2 more
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BURIAL PRACTICES IN JORDAN FROM THE NATUFIANS TO THE PERSIANS; pp. 88–108 [PDF]
Eesti Arheoloogiaajakiri, 2011 Jordan, rich in archaeological sites and the related funerary attributes, has the potential to reconstruct the life of past societies and deduce burial practices that, in turn, may assist in understanding these societies and tracking the changes of ...
Abdulla Al-Shorman, Ali Khwaileh
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 534-564, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract The investigation of submerged archaeological sites faces numerous logistical challenges in the recovery of stratigraphic sequences and, as a result, is often restricted to surface deposits limiting the application of geoarchaeology. This paper outlines a new integrated field and microanalytical methodological protocol to investigate deep ...
Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez +5 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 921-937, August 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Human societies face challenges in transitioning towards low‐carbon economies and sustainable management of land use and natural resources. Documenting and learning from past transitions helps policy‐makers cope with such challenges. The agricultural revolution in Cantabrian Spain (ca.
Alexandre Martinez +6 more
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