20,000 years of societal vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in southwest Asia
The Fertile Crescent, its hilly flanks and surrounding drylands has been a critical region for
studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region …
studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region …
Paleoenvironment and human hunting activity during MIS 2 in southern Jordan: Isotope records of prey remains and paleosols
Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of faunal remains unearthed from the rock
shelter site of Tor Hamar in southern Jordan were analyzed for reconstructing …
shelter site of Tor Hamar in southern Jordan were analyzed for reconstructing …
Persistent place-making in prehistory: the creation, maintenance, and transformation of an Epipalaeolithic landscape
LA Maher - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2019 - Springer
Most archaeological projects today integrate, at least to some degree, how past people
engaged with their surroundings, including both how they strategized resource use …
engaged with their surroundings, including both how they strategized resource use …
Homes for hunters? Exploring the concept of home at hunter-gatherer sites in Upper Paleolithic Europe and Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia
LA Maher, M Conkey - Current Anthropology, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
In both Southwest Asia and Europe, only a handful of known Upper Paleolithic and
Epipaleolithic sites attest to aggregation or gatherings of hunter-gatherer groups, sometimes …
Epipaleolithic sites attest to aggregation or gatherings of hunter-gatherer groups, sometimes …
Risk, reliability and resilience: phytolith evidence for alternative 'Neolithization'pathways at Kharaneh IV in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
'Neolithization'pathway refers to the development of adaptations that characterized
subsequent Neolithic life, sedentary occupations, and agriculture. In the Levant, the origins …
subsequent Neolithic life, sedentary occupations, and agriculture. In the Levant, the origins …
Abundance or stress? Faunal exploitation patterns and subsistence strategies: The case study of Brush Hut 1 at Ohalo II, a submerged 23,000-year-old camp in the …
The submerged site of Ohalo II was occupied during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM),
between 23,500–22,500 cal BP, bridging the Upper Paleolithic/Epipaleolithic transition in …
between 23,500–22,500 cal BP, bridging the Upper Paleolithic/Epipaleolithic transition in …
Life, death, and the destruction of architecture: Hunter-gatherer mortuary behaviors in prehistoric Jordan
LA Maher, DA Macdonald, E Pomeroy… - Journal of Anthropological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The end of the Pleistocene in Southwest Asia is widely known for the emergence of socially-
complex hunter-gatherers—the Natufians—characterized by a rich material culture record …
complex hunter-gatherers—the Natufians—characterized by a rich material culture record …
Sheltered by reeds and settled on sedges: Construction and use of a twenty thousand-year-old hut according to phytolith analysis from Kharaneh IV, Jordan
This paper employs new phytolith evidence to consider how Early Epipaleolithic people at
the site of Kharaneh IV (Azraq Basin, Jordan) used local plant resources to construct their …
the site of Kharaneh IV (Azraq Basin, Jordan) used local plant resources to construct their …
Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid …
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 …
attributed to the early Palaeolithic, yet relatively few data are available regarding the …
Technological change and economy in the Epipalaeolithic: assessing the shift from Early to Middle Epipalaeolithic at Kharaneh IV
DA Macdonald, A Allentuck… - Journal of Field …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant exhibit numerous
complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted …
complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted …