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The Natufian in the Levantarticle 1991 • Belfer-Cohen, Anna
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Belfer-Cohen writes about the Natufian in its core area of the Levant. She believes that it exists as a culture only in this area and that the term shouldn't be used as a time period. She discusses the how and why sedentism occurred and believes that...Art items from layer B, Hayonim Caveessay 1991 • Belfer-Cohen, Anna
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Belfer-Cohen describes the art objects from the Natufian layers at Hayonim Cave. These objects include personal ornaments such as beads and pendents, carved decorations found on bone tools, and carved decorations found on ground stone utensils. Some ...New biological data for the Natufian populations in Israelessay 1991 • Belfer-Cohen, Anna et al.
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Belfer-Cohen, Schepartz, and Arensburg present 'some new data that enlarges the studied skeletal sample of Natufians….[They] analyze 1) the basic demographic parameters of the sites, 2) the level of variablitity in the collections … and 3) incidence ...First results of the excavations at Salibiya I, Lower Jordan Valleyessay 1991 • Crabtree, Pam J. et al.
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Salibaiya I is a late Natufian site in the lower Jordan valley, 230 meters below sea level. Crabtree et al. present their findings from the first season of excavations at this site. The site contains stone, bone, and shell artifacts. The authors were...