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1 online resource |
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Archaeological series ; 19 |
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Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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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 |
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 |
Analysis |
Eastern Mediterranean |
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Epipalaeolithic |
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Prehistoric Culture |
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Terminal Pleistocene |
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Western Asia |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 4, 2018) |
Subject |
Natufian culture -- Middle East -- Congresses
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Hunting and gathering societies -- Middle East -- Congresses
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Pleistocene-Holocene boundary -- Congresses
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Social archaeology -- Middle East -- Congresses
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Social change -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Hunting and gathering societies
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Natufian culture
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Pleistocene-Holocene boundary
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Social archaeology
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Social change
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SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses
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Subject |
Middle East
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bar-Yosef, Ofer, editor.
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Valla, François Raymond, editor.
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ISBN |
9781789201574 |
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1789201578 |
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