Abstract The Natufian culture (c. 14.6–11.5 ka cal. BP) represents the last hunter-gatherer
society that inhabited southwest Asia before the development of plant food production. It has …

Current evidence suggests domestications of the dog were incipient developments in many
areas of the world. In southwest Asia this process took place in the Late Epipalaeolithic …

Abstract The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~ 14,600− 11,500 cal BP) is a key period in the
prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting and gathering society …

Recent fieldwork in the Jebel Qurma region, in the basalt wasteland east of Azraq, revealed
a large number of prehistoric sites, dating from the 7th to the late 4th millennia cal bc. While …

Burial and commemorative rites form significant components of many routines and activities
accompanying the disposal and remembrance of the dead in numerous past and present …

The desert kites of Jordan, usually stone‐built enclosures with long trailing walls, are part of
a broader phenomenon found throughout specific parts of the Middle East, with similar types …

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 …

The collective grave from Azraq 18 in Jordan provides an exceptional case-study of Natufian
burial treatment from a site outside what was traditionally regarded as the core settlement …

This paper discusses the Late Natufian avifaunal remains from Shubayqa 1, a Late
Epipalaeolithic site situated in north‐east Jordan. The site has produced an exceptionally …

This paper presents a summary of work undertaken by the authors and their teams on a
series of Qe'an (plural of Qa'), in the Badia of eastern Jordan. These basins are foci for …