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The Natufian in the Levant

Annual review of anthropology20Published In 1991 • Pages: 167-186

By: Belfer-Cohen, Anna.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 cereals were domesticated rather quickly at the end of the Natufian.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Location
Settlement patterns
Collecting
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Epipaleolithic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2007
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
12,000 BP-10,200 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, and Syria
NotesAdditional notes
Anna Belfer-Cohen
Includes bibliographical references (p.184-186)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
72082136
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities