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Valla 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cInternational Monographs in Prehistory,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 717 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aArchaeological series ;$v19 300 $aPapers from a symposium held in 2009. 311 $a1-879621-46-0 311 $a1-879621-45-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tList of Contributors -- $tPreface The Natufian Culture in the Levant: Twenty Years Later -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tNorthern Levant -- $tNatufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains -- $tThe Natufian of Moghr el-Ahwal in the Qadisha Valley, Northern Lebanon -- $tThe Natufian of Southwestern Syria Sites in the Damascus Province -- $tThe Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria) -- $tThe Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria) -- $tFish in the Desert? The Younger Dryas and its Influence on the Paleoenvironment at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria -- $tPreliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria -- $tSouthern Levant -- $tEl-Wad -- $tSpatial Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations -- $tThe Last Natufian Inhabitants of el-Wad Terrace -- $tDomestic Refuse Maintenance in the Natufian: Faunal Evidence from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel -- $tNatufian Green Stone Pendants from el-Wad: Characteristics and Cultural Implications -- $tEynan -- $tThe Final Natufian Structure 215-228 at Mallaha (Eynan), Israel: an Attempt at Spatial Analysis -- $tA Study of two Natufian Residential Complexes: Structures 200 and 203 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel -- $tGraves in Context: Field Anthropology and the Investigation of Interstratified Floors and Burials -- $tObsidian in Natufian Context: The Case of Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel -- $tFlint Knapping and its Objectives in the Early Natufian: the Example of Eynan- Ain Mallaha (Israel) -- $tSearching for the Functions of Fire Structures in Eynan (Mallaha) and their Formation Processes: a Geochemical Approach -- $tAvifauna of the Final Natufian of Eynan -- $tBone Ornamental Elements and Decorated Objects of the Natufian from Mallaha -- $tReconstruction of the Habitats in the Ecosystem of the Final Natufian Site of Ain Mallaha (Eynan) -- $tSouthern Levant - other sites -- $tWadi Hammeh 27: an Open-air ?Base-camp? on the Fringe of the Natufian ?Homeland? -- $tArt Items from Wadi Hammeh 27 -- $tThe Final Epipaleolithic / PPNA site of Huzuq Musa (Jordan Valley) -- $tNatufian Settlement in the Wadi al-Qusayr, West-Central Jordan -- $tThe Steppic Early Natufian: Investigations in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan -- $tThe Natufian of the Azraq Basin: An Appraisal -- $tChert Procurement Patterns and Exploitation Territory: Case Study from Late Natufian Hayonim Terrace (Western Galilee, Israel) -- $tA Faunal Perspective on the Relationship between the Natufian Occupations of Hayonim Cave and Hayonim Terrace -- $tThe Natufian at Raqefet Cave -- $tHof Shahaf: A New Natufian Site on the Shore of Lake Kinneret -- $tThe Life History of Macrolithic Tools at Hilazon Tachtit Cave -- $tGeneral Reviews, Climate and Interpretations -- $tBreaking the Mold: Phases and Facies in the Natufian of the Mediterranean Zone -- $tRuminations on the Role of Periphery and Centre in the Natufian -- $tThe Natufian and the Younger Dryas -- $tScaphopod Shells in the Natufian Culture -- $tThe Natufian Chronological Scheme ? New Insights and their Implications -- $tNatufian Foragers and the ?Monocot Revolution?: A Phytolith Perspective -- $tLithic Technology in the Late Natufian ? Technological Differences between ?Core-area? and ?Periphery? -- $tVariability of Lunates and Changes in Projectile Weapons Technology during the Natufian -- $tSpecialized Hunting of Gazelle in the Natufian: Cultural Cause or Climatic Effect? -- $tCommensalism: was it Truly a Natufian Phenomenon? Recent Cntributions from Ethnoarchaeology and Ecology 330 $aThis large volume presents virtually all aspects of the Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture in a series of chapters that cover recent results of field work, analyses of materials and sites, and synthetic or interpretive overviews of various aspects of this important prehistoric culture. 410 0$aArchaeological series ;$v19. 606 $aSocial change$zMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 1500$vCongresses 606 $aSocial archaeology$zMiddle East$vCongresses 606 $aNatufian culture$zMiddle East$vCongresses 606 $aPleistocene-Holocene boundary$vCongresses 606 $aHunting and gathering societies$zMiddle East$vCongresses 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMiddle East$vCongresses 607 $aMiddle East$xAntiquities$vCongresses 610 $aEastern Mediterranean. 610 $aEpipalaeolithic. 610 $aPrehistoric Culture. 610 $aTerminal Pleistocene. 610 $aWestern Asia. 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aSocial archaeology 615 0$aNatufian culture 615 0$aPleistocene-Holocene boundary 615 0$aHunting and gathering societies 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a306.3/640956 700 $aBar-Yosef$b Ofer, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0649400 702 $aBar-Yosef$b Ofer 702 $aValla$b Franc?ois Raymond 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793278003321 996 $aNatufian foragers in the Levant$93808346 997 $aUNINA