Abstract The Early Epipaleolithic (EEP) of the Southern Levant, roughly dated to 25-18 ka
BP, is characterized by microlithic industries with highly variable synchronic and geographic …

Most archaeological projects today integrate, at least to some degree, how past people
engaged with their surroundings, including both how they strategized resource use …

The Azraq oasis in the Eastern Desert of Jordan has produced considerable stone artefacts
attributed to the early Palaeolithic, yet relatively few data are available regarding the …

The body is a site of lived experience as people engage their social, cultural, and physical
worlds through their bodies. As a product of both nature and culture, it can be modified to …

Humanity's relationship with the environment during the Holocene, and into the
Anthropocene, is structured around our dependance on agricultural production, which has …

Abstract Between 23 and 11.5 ka Epipaleolithic groups of Southwest Asia initiated and
experienced dramatic changes—on a previously unprecedented scale—in economy and …

It is assumed that the Levantine inter-group networks that enabled the transfer of knowledge
and innovation throughout the region are a distinguishing characteristic of the Near Eastern …

Even though pivotal for understanding many aspects of human behaviour, preservation and
storage of animal resources has not received great attention from archaeologists. One could …

Most hunter-gatherer lifeways revolve around periodic large gatherings–aggregations–that
serve as social, ritual, and economic anchors for their annual cycles. However, in …

Abstract In the Levant, the Epipalaeolithic is a long sequence of cultural entities dated
between ca. 24,000 to 11,500 cal BP. Different Epipalaeolithic entities are mainly defined …