Natufian Foragers in the Levant : : Terminal Pleistocene Social Changes in Western Asia / / François R. Valla, Ofer Bar-Yosef.
This large volume presents virtually all aspects of the Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture in a series of chapters that cover recent results of field work, analyses of materials and sites, and synthetic or interpretive overviews of various aspects of this important prehistoric culture.
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface The Natufian Culture in the Levant: Twenty Years Later -- Acknowledgements -- Northern Levant -- Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains -- The Natufian of Moghr el-Ahwal in the Qadisha Valley, Northern Lebanon -- The Natufian of Southwestern Syria Sites in the Damascus Province -- The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria) -- The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria) -- Fish in the Desert? The Younger Dryas and its Influence on the Paleoenvironment at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria -- Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria -- Southern Levant -- El-Wad -- Spatial Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations -- The Last Natufian Inhabitants of el-Wad Terrace -- Domestic Refuse Maintenance in the Natufian: Faunal Evidence from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel -- Natufian Green Stone Pendants from el-Wad: Characteristics and Cultural Implications -- Eynan -- The Final Natufian Structure 215-228 at Mallaha (Eynan), Israel: an Attempt at Spatial Analysis -- A Study of two Natufian Residential Complexes: Structures 200 and 203 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel -- Graves in Context: Field Anthropology and the Investigation of Interstratified Floors and Burials -- Obsidian in Natufian Context: The Case of Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel -- Flint Knapping and its Objectives in the Early Natufian: the Example of Eynan- Ain Mallaha (Israel) -- Searching for the Functions of Fire Structures in Eynan (Mallaha) and their Formation Processes: a Geochemical Approach -- Avifauna of the Final Natufian of Eynan -- Bone Ornamental Elements and Decorated Objects of the Natufian from Mallaha -- Reconstruction of the Habitats in the Ecosystem of the Final Natufian Site of Ain Mallaha (Eynan) -- Southern Levant - other sites -- Wadi Hammeh 27: an Open-air ‘Base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘Homeland’ -- Art Items from Wadi Hammeh 27 -- The Final Epipaleolithic / PPNA site of Huzuq Musa (Jordan Valley) -- Natufian Settlement in the Wadi al-Qusayr, West-Central Jordan -- The Steppic Early Natufian: Investigations in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan -- The Natufian of the Azraq Basin: An Appraisal -- Chert Procurement Patterns and Exploitation Territory: Case Study from Late Natufian Hayonim Terrace (Western Galilee, Israel) -- A Faunal Perspective on the Relationship between the Natufian Occupations of Hayonim Cave and Hayonim Terrace -- The Natufian at Raqefet Cave -- Hof Shahaf: A New Natufian Site on the Shore of Lake Kinneret -- The Life History of Macrolithic Tools at Hilazon Tachtit Cave -- General Reviews, Climate and Interpretations -- Breaking the Mold: Phases and Facies in the Natufian of the Mediterranean Zone -- Ruminations on the Role of Periphery and Centre in the Natufian -- The Natufian and the Younger Dryas -- Scaphopod Shells in the Natufian Culture -- The Natufian Chronological Scheme – New Insights and their Implications -- Natufian Foragers and the ‘Monocot Revolution’: A Phytolith Perspective -- Lithic Technology in the Late Natufian – Technological Differences between ‘Core-area’ and ‘Periphery’ -- Variability of Lunates and Changes in Projectile Weapons Technology during the Natufian -- Specialized Hunting of Gazelle in the Natufian: Cultural Cause or Climatic Effect? -- Commensalism: was it Truly a Natufian Phenomenon? Recent Cntributions from Ethnoarchaeology and Ecology |
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Summary: | This large volume presents virtually all aspects of the Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture in a series of chapters that cover recent results of field work, analyses of materials and sites, and synthetic or interpretive overviews of various aspects of this important prehistoric culture. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781789201574 9783110998283 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781789201574?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | François R. Valla, Ofer Bar-Yosef. |
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