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Hunter-gatherers of the Levantine Epipalaeolithic: the socioecological origins of sedentism
Journal of Mediterranean archaeology • 5 (2) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 165-201
By: Kaufman, Daniel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kaufman examines some of the social reasons for the Natufian shift to sedentary villages and an economy based on intensive collecting. He shows that one can document a gradual change from small, mobile bands with simple foraging to intensive collecting as one looks at the Kebarans through the Geometric Kebarans to the Natufians. He sees Natufian art work, burial practices, and other rituals as a way of maintaining group identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Production and supply
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural identity and pride
- 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
- 20,000 BP-10,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Daniel Kaufman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92645757
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities