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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Table of Contents:
- 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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