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The Natufian: settlement variability and economic adaptions in the Levant at the end of the Pleistocene
Journal of world prehistory • 3 (2) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 159-197
By: Byrd, Brian F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Byrd wrote this review 'to examine the relationship or 'goodness of fit' between current interpretations of Natufian settlement and subsistence strategies and the available archaeological data, to suggest alternative hypotheses, and to indicate areas where more research is needed.' (page 160). He also conducted a cluster analysis of the stone tools from 38 Natufian occupation horizons to look for more evidence of subsistence variability. He found differences between forest and coastal sites and steppe and desert sites.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural participation
- Diet
- Food preparation
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- 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
- 12,500 BP-10,200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Levantine Near East: Egypt, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian F. Byrd
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities