Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant exhibit numerous
complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted …

With a specific focus on eastern Jordan, the Epipalaeolithic Foragers in Azraq Project
explores changing hunter–gatherer strategies, behaviours and adaptations to this vast area …

This article discusses social interaction in the Epipalaeolithic of southwest Asia. Discussions
of contact, social relationships and social organization have primarily focused on the Pre …

Knowledge of the Levantine Epipaleolithic period plays a critical role in understanding the
transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer foraging groups to sedentary communities on the …

The transformation of society from mobile hunter-gatherers to settled farmers was completed
in Neolithic times and became a point of 'no return'in human history. The nature and the …

Prior to the Neolithic, hunter-gatherers in the Levant exhibited a wide range of mobility
patterns, including large aggregation sites, suggesting that the shift to sedentism was not an …

The transition from foraging to farming of the Neolithic periods is one of, if not, the most
important cultural processes in recent human prehistory. Integrating previously published …

The Levant forms a geographic bridge between Africa and Eurasia, making it a focal point
for research on past human dispersals. The Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) of the Levant is …

ABSTRACT Mughr el-Hamamah (Jordan) Layer B contains an Early Upper Palaeolithic
stone tool assemblage dating to around 39–45 kya cal bp This assemblage is unusual in …

Archaeologists have studied the origins of food production in the Near East for over a
hundred years. Since the inception of true interdisciplinaryprojects such as the Braidwood's …