Natufian Foragers in the Levant : : Terminal Pleistocene Social Changes in Western Asia / / François R. Valla, Ofer Bar-Yosef.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bar-Yosef, Ofer,; Valla, François R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Ackermann, Oren,; Akazawa, Takeru,; Al-Maqdissi, Michel,; Ashkenazi, Shoshana,; Ashkenazy, Hila,; Bachrach, Noga,; Bar-Oz, Guy,; Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E.,; Bar-Yosef, Ofer,; Belfer-Cohen, Anna,; Bocquentin, Fanny,; Braemer, Franck,; Bretzke, Knut,; Bridault, Anne,; Cabellos, Teresa,; Carmen Rodríguez Rodríguez, Amelia del,; Colledge, Sue,; Conard, Nicholas J.,; Deckers, Katleen,; Delage, Christophe,; Dubreuil, Laure,; Edwards, Phillip C.,; Edwards, Yvonne,; Garrard, Andrew,; González Urquijo, Jesús Emilio,; Goring-Morris, A. Nigel,; Gourichon, Lionel,; Grosman, Leore,; Haïdar-Boustani, Maya,; Henry, Donald O.,; Hershkovitz, Israel,; Hillgruber, Kurt Felix,; José Ibáñez, Juan,; Kandel, Andrew W.,; Kanjo, Yousef,; Kaufman, Daniel,; Khalaily, Hamoudi,; Klein, Noa,; Kurzawska, Aldona,; Le Dosseur, Gaëlle,; Lengyel, György,; Maher, Lisa A.,; Major, Janine,; March, Ramiro J.,; Marder, Ofer,; Martin, Louise,; Maréchal, Claudine,; Masri, Mohamed,; Mienis, Henk K.,; Muhesen, Sultan,; Munro, Natalie D.,; Nadel, Dani,; Napierala, Hannes,; Neeley, Michael,; Nishiaki, Yoshihiro,; Nuzhnyy, Dmitri,; Olszewski, Deborah I.,; Plisson, Hugues,; Porat, Naomi,; Rabinovich, Rivka,; Richter, Tobias,; Riehl, Simone,; Rosen, Arlene M.,; Rosenberg, Danny,; Samuelian, Nicolas,; Simmons, Tal,; Smithline, Howard,; Stahlschmidt, Mareike,; Stanin, Zvonkica,; Tanno, Ken-ichi,; Teira, Luis C.,; Terradas, Xavier,; Valentin, Boris,; Valla, Francois R.,; Valla, François R.,; Webb, John,; Weinstein-Evron, Mina,; Weissbrod, Lior,; Willcox, George,; Yaroshevich, Alla,; Yazbeck, Corine,; Yeshurun, Reuven,; Zapata, Lydia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Idioma: English
• Series: International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series ; 19
• Descrición Física: 1 online resource (717 p.)
• 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
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789201574; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789201574?locatt=mode:legacy
• Acceso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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.