essay
Dietary change in the late Natufian
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 399-408
By: Sillen, Andrew, Lee-Thorp, Julia A..
Abstract
Sillen and Lee-Thorp discuss the diets of Natufian peoples by examining strontium calcium levels, biological apatites, and conducting isotopic analysis. They conclude that neither marine foods nor Negev foods were important to the Natufian diet. There also appears to have been a decrease in cereal use at the end of the time period as cereals were in short supply due to a drier climate.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Kebaran-Natufian
- Coverage Place
- Israel and Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- Notes
- Andrew Sillen and Julia A. Lee-Thorp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-410)
- LCSH
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities