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Biological evidence for human sedentism in southwest Asia during the Natufian
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 315-336
By: Tchernov, E. (Eitan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'The goal of this paper is: (1) to bring forth mainly biological evidence to support the argument that sedentism already existed during the early Natufian in the southern Levant; (2) to explain how the establishment of a sedentary way of life caused a major impact on the environment by creating special habitats around long-term sites, even before domestication and farming were regularly practiced; and (3) to show that under these special ecological conditions people started to manipulate the wild populations through selective culling.' (page 315). Tchernov discusses in situ speciation, the increase in plants and animal species exploited, and extensive control over wild populations of gazelles. He relies heavily on the data from Hayonim cave and terrace.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Settlement patterns
- Hunting and trapping
- Environmental quality
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeozoologist
- 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-10,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eitan Tchernov
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-340)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities