Wild gazelles of the southern Levant: genetic profiling defines new conservation priorities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazelle), Dorcas gazelle (Gazella Dorcas) and acacia gazelle (Gazella arabica acacia) were historically abundant in the southern Levant, and more specifically in Israel.
Lia Hadas +6 more
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The Emergence of Animal Management in the Southern Levant. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 AbstractOur compilation of zooarchaeological data from a series of important archaeological sites spanning the Epipaleolithic through Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods in the Mediterranean Hills of the southern Levant contributes to major debates about the beginnings of ungulate management in Southwest Asia.
Munro ND +5 more
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Neural network analysis for predicting metrics of fragmented laminar artifacts: a case study from MPPNB sites in the Southern Levant [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study was aimed at introducing a new method for predicting the original metrics of fragmented standardized artifacts, specifically of flint blades from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (10,200/100–9,500/400 cal B.P.) in the Southern Levant.
Eugenio Nobile +7 more
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Fluctuating radiocarbon offsets observed in the southern Levant and implications for archaeological chronology debates. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018 Manning SW +6 more
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The 4.2 ka BP event in the Levant [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2018 The 4.2 ka BP event is defined as a phase of environmental stress characterized by severe and prolonged drought of global extent. The event is recorded from the North Atlantic through Europe to Asia and has led scientists to evoke a 300 ...
D. Kaniewski +7 more
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Land, 2022 Terrace farming installations occupy vast desert areas in the Southern Levant. Their construction in harsh environments raises critical questions focusing on the natural, political, and economic circumstances promoting their construction and operation ...
Yoav Avni
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Between Rocks and ‘High Places’: On Religious Architecture in the Iron Age Southern Levant
Religions, 2021 In this paper we examine why common methodologies for determining ‘religious architecture’ do not account for the diverse and fluid ways in which religious behavior can be expressed.
Diederik J. H. Halbertsma +1 more
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The Caucasian Toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) in the Levant: evidence from mitochondrial DNA [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2019 We present the first molecular analysis of the Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) complex population in the Levant. This complex contains four species distributed through the Western Palearctic.
Daniel Jablonski, Riyad A. Sadek
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Constructing community in the Neolithic of southern Jordan: Quotidian practice in communal architecture. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The emergence of food production during the earliest Neolithic of the Near East was accompanied by profound changes in the ways in which societies were organized. Elaborate and multi-stage mortuary practices involving the removal, caching, and plastering
Cheryl A Makarewicz, Bill Finlayson
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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