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Harvesting of wild cereals during the Natufian as seen from experimental cultivation and harvest of wild Einkorn wheat and microwear analysis of stone tools
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 521-552
By: Anderson, Patricia C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Anderson conducted experimental field work using replicated stone tools to harvest wild cereals grown on experimental plots in France. The plots have been growing for several years without any human assistance. The stone tools were then examined for microscopic use-traces using the high power analysis approach of L.H. Keeley and a SEM for some. The experimental tools were then compared to sickle blades from several Natufian sites to 'discuss the likelihood of various strategies of wild cereal exploitation during the Natufian, with or without cultivation.' (page 521).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Experimental data
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Collecting
- Flora
- 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.
- 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
- 1985-1989 for field experiments
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 10,000-8,000 BC (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)
- Abu Hureyra and Mureybet, Syria and Hayonim Terrace, Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia C. Anderson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 552-556)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities