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The archaeology of the Natufian layer at Hayonim Caveessay 1991 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Bar-Yosef describes why Hayonim cave was first excavated, it's environment, it's stratigraphy, and synthesizes the findings of the Natufian layer. This layer includes structures, hearths, graves, bone and lithic industries, caches, and a kiln for lim...Earliest food producersarticle 1995 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Aceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Bar-Yosef summarizes the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA, PPNB, and PPNC) that he states extends from 10,300/10,000-5700/5500 BP This is probably a typo and the dates should read 10300/10,000 BP-7500 BP; especially as the title lists the dates as 8000-55...Chinese palaeolithic challenges for interpretations of palaeolithic archaeologyarticle 2014 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
The author argues against using European terminology in this broad overview of stone tool technologies in Paleolithic China....Climatic fluctuations and early farming in west and east Asiaarticle 2011 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The author presents a model for the origins of an economic system based on agriculture by examining early cultivation in both The Levant and North China, and explores the model with data on climate change, sedentism, and food procurement....The origins of agriculture in the Near Eastessay 1995 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer & Meadow, Richard H.
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Bar-Yosef and Meadow write about the origins of cultivation which occurred during the Natufian period, and the origins of animal husbandry which occurred during the Neolithic (and was not indexed for OCM [Outline of Cultural Materials] subjects). The...The Natufian culture - an introductionessay 1991 • Bar-Yosef, Ofer & Valla, François Raymond
Epipaleolithic • Middle East > Middle East
An international conference on the Natufian occurred in June 1989. Fifty-one scholars (archaeologists, zooarchaeologists, palynologists, microwear analysts, and palaeobontonists) were invited. Bar-Yosef and Valla introduce the papers that were submit...The pre-pottery Neolithic populations of south Sinai and their relations to other circum-Mediterranean groupsarticle 1994 • Hershkovitz, Israel et al.
Aceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Three sites in the southern Sinai were excavated that contained human remains. The remains were found within the living areas of the sites. These sites had similar burial practices (although they were hunter gatherers) to those found in the Levant, s...Bone needle fragment in LGM from the Shizitan site (China)article 2016 • Song, Yanhua et al.
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors experimented in making bone needles with flaked stone tools to understand more about the bone needle found at the Shizitan 29 site. The site is briefly described, along with evidence of needle use elsewhere during the Upper Paleolithic....Lijiagou and the earliest pottery in Henan Province, Chinaarticle 2015 • Wang, Youping et al.
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors describe their excavations and findings at the site of Liajiagou. Early ceramics demonstrate the importance of this late pre-Neolithic site. Also present are a characteristic late Upper Paleolithic microblade industry and some faunal rema...