Natufian Foragers in the Levant - Terminal Pleistocene Social Changes in Western Asia (Hardcover)

The Natufian culture, first recognized by Dorothy Garrod in 1928, is one of the best recorded archaeological examples of foragers at the end of the Ice Age. The many unique material finds and social aspects of this culture found their place in different hypotheses concerning the emergence of cultivation in Southwest Asia that heralds the Neolithic Revolution. In the heart of the Levant, Natufian sites are early examples for sedentism that apparently led to changes of socio-economic strategies in this region. Given the quality and quantity of its archaeological record, it is better known than most other Terminal Pleistocene cultures across Eurasia. This volume, the result of a large, international meeting on the Natufian culture, brings together a series of new discoveries and studies of sites from areas not previously investigated, thus substantially enlarging the geographic scope of this culture along the north-south axis of the Levant. Field and laboratory research reported in this book was conducted by different teams of archaeologists, archaebotanists, zooarchaelogists, and other experts both local and international. This comprehensive book adds a considerable amount of new information to our knowledge. It demonstrates the ongoing interest among numerous scholars whose efforts widen and deepen the understanding of the Natufian culture and will remain as a source of data and interpretations for years to come, just as its predecessor that was published in 1991.

General

Imprint:	International Monographs in Prehistory
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	December 2013
Authors:	Ofer Bar-Yosef • Francois R. Valla
Dimensions:	279 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	717
ISBN-13:	978-1-879621-46-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > General
LSN:	1-879621-46-0
Barcode:	9781879621466

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