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The Natufian Period in Syria

, 2017
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Ibáñez-Estévez, Juan José, González Urquijo, Jesús E., Terradas-Batlle, Xavier   +2 more
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Jungquartär und End-Mesolithikum in der Provinz Kerman (Iran) [PDF]

Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1962
The main masses of detritus and silts („See-Löß"), deposited in water and filling the vast plateau-valleys of Kerman-area, seem to have been formed during semi-arid conditions till in older Holocene times.
R. Huckriede
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Bone aerophones from Eynan-Mallaha (Israel) indicate imitation of raptor calls by the last hunter-gatherers in the Levant

Scientific Reports, 2023
Direct evidence for Palaeolithic sound-making instruments is relatively rare, with only a few examples recorded from Upper Palaeolithic contexts, particularly in European cultures.
Laurent Davin, José-Miguel Tejero, Tal Simmons, Dana Shaham, Aurélia Borvon, Olivier Tourny, Anne Bridault, Rivka Rabinovich, Marion Sindel, Hamudi Khalaily, François Valla   +10 more
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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S3, Page S126-S153, June 2026.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Unique Assemblage of Engraved Plaquettes from Ein Qashish South, Jezreel Valley, Israel: Figurative and Non-Figurative Symbols of Late Pleistocene Hunters-Gatherers in the Levant.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Three engraved limestone plaquettes from the recently excavated Epipaleolithic open-air site Ein Qashish South in the Jezreel Valley, Israel comprise unique evidence for symbolic behavior of Late Pleistocene foragers in the Levant.
Alla Yaroshevich, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Elisabeta Boaretto, Valentina Caracuta, Noam Greenbaum, Naomi Porat, Joel Roskin   +6 more
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Contextualizing Buccal Dental Microwear Variations During the Byzantine Period in Jordan

Dental Anthropology, 2014
This study scanned 14 buccal surfaces of teeth casts microscopically from the Byzantine sites of Yajuz and Sa'ad in Jordan, and 7 samples from the Natufian site of El Wad in Palestine for the purpose of studying buccal microwear.
Mohammad Alrousan, Ali Khwaileh, Abdulla Al-Shorman   +2 more
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The Geographical Distribution of Lactose Tolerance‐Associated Alleles 13910*T and 13915*G Is Strongly Linked to Male Founder Events in Eurasia

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Lactose tolerance (lactase persistence) represents a very progressive human adaptation, the origins of which remain incompletely understood. This study aims to examine the geographical distribution of the two alleles associated with lactose tolerance in Eurasia (13910*T and 13915*G) in relation to the main Y haplogroups and autosomal ancestry ...
Pavel Grasgruber
wiley   +1 more source

Insights into the Social Structure of the PPNB Site of Kfar HaHoresh, Israel, Based on Dental Remains. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
One of the central questions of the transition from mobile hunter-gatherers to sedentary farming communities concerns the establishment of new social structures and group identities.
Kurt W Alt, Marion Benz, Werner Vach, Tal L Simmons, A Nigel Goring-Morris   +4 more
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Reconstructing Lifeways and Social Differentiation in the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B Population of Nahal Yarmuth 38, Central Israel

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study presents a bioarcheological analysis of skeletal remains from Nahal Yarmuth 38 (NY38), a distinctive Middle Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B site in central Israel. The research aimed to reveal the demographic composition, origins, and lifeways of the NY38 people, to contextualize the site's unique archeological features within ...
Yulia Makoviychuk, Viviane Slon, Dana Ackerfeld, Prajjval Pratap Singh, Pnina Cohen, Avi Gopher, Hila May   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lime plaster cover of the dead 12,000 years ago – new evidence for the origins of lime plaster technology

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2019
The production of lime plaster is especially important as a technological development in human prehistory as it requires advanced knowledge and skills to transform rocks to a plastic yet durable material.
David E. Friesem, Itay Abadi, Dana Shaham, Leore Grosman   +3 more
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