Death at the water hole: Opportunistic hunting and scavenging events in the upper sequence of Middle Paleolithic Nesher Ramla, Israel
Distinguishing between selective and opportunistic hunting is a major challenge in
Paleolithic archaeology, requiring the comparison of the human hunting record to the …
Paleolithic archaeology, requiring the comparison of the human hunting record to the …
Paleoenvironments and climate at Nahal Me'arot (Mount Carmel, Israel) during the Middle and Late Pleistocene: The herpetofauna of Tabun Cave and el-Wad …
M Lev, R Shimelmitz, M Weinstein-Evron… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Paleolithic record of the Levant encompasses several key changes in human
population dynamics and human biological and cultural evolution. These processes are …
population dynamics and human biological and cultural evolution. These processes are …
A Natufian ritual event
Ritual practice plays crucial social roles in human societies by communicating information
about social status, calming tensions, and integrating communities. Although communication …
about social status, calming tensions, and integrating communities. Although communication …
Rethinking Occupation Intensity during the Levantine Middle Epipalaeolithic: The use of Space and Site Formation Processes at the Geometric Kebaran site of Neve …
Abstract The open-air Epipalaeolithic (Geometric Kebaran) site of Neve David (Mount
Carmel, Israel) has played an important role in reconstructing scenarios of sedentarization in …
Carmel, Israel) has played an important role in reconstructing scenarios of sedentarization in …
Early Upper Paleolithic subsistence in the Levant: Zooarchaeology of the Ahmarian–Aurignacian sequence at Manot Cave, Israel
Abstract The Early Upper Paleolithic period in the Levant is essential in the studies of the
establishment of modern human communities outside Africa, and corresponding …
establishment of modern human communities outside Africa, and corresponding …
Mobility, site maintenance and archaeological formation processes: An ethnoarchaeological perspective
Mobility is considered to play an important role in the way people use their habitual space.
Highly mobile societies present a particular challenge to archaeologists as a direct relation …
Highly mobile societies present a particular challenge to archaeologists as a direct relation …
A campsite on the open plain: Zooarchaeology of Unit III at the Middle Paleolithic site of Nesher Ramla, Israel
Abstract The Levantine Middle Paleolithic period displays significant archaeological
variability across a series of cave and open-air sites encompassing ca. 200,000 years …
variability across a series of cave and open-air sites encompassing ca. 200,000 years …
Squamate bone taphonomy: A new experimental framework and its application to the Natufian zooarchaeological record
Squamate (lizard and snake) remains are abundant in the terminal Pleistocene Natufian
archaeological sites of the Levant, raising the question of whether they constitute part of the …
archaeological sites of the Levant, raising the question of whether they constitute part of the …
Persistent Neanderthal occupation of the open-air site of 'Ein Qashish, Israel
R Ekshtain, A Malinsky-Buller, N Greenbaum, N Mitki… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Over the last two decades, much of the recent efforts dedicated to the Levantine Middle
Paleolithic has concentrated on the role of open-air sites in the settlement system in the …
Paleolithic has concentrated on the role of open-air sites in the settlement system in the …
Aurochs bone deposits at Kfar HaHoresh and the southern Levant across the agricultural transition
Aurochs played a prominent role in mortuary and feasting practices during the Neolithic
transition in south-west Asia, although evidence of these practices is diverse and regionally …
transition in south-west Asia, although evidence of these practices is diverse and regionally …