Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents iii
3. List of Contributors vii
4. Preface The Natufian Culture in the Levant: Twenty Years Later xv
5. Acknowledgements xix
6. Northern Levant
7. Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains 1
8. The Natufian of Moghr el-Ahwal in the Qadisha Valley, Northern Lebanon 17
9. The Natufian of Southwestern Syria Sites in the Damascus Province 28
10. The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria) 45
11. The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria) 61
12. Fish in the Desert? The Younger Dryas and its Influence on the Paleoenvironment at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria 73
13. Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria 83
14. Southern Levant
15. El-Wad
16. Spatial Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations 88
17. The Last Natufian Inhabitants of el-Wad Terrace 107
18. Domestic Refuse Maintenance in the Natufian: Faunal Evidence from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel 118
19. Natufian Green Stone Pendants from el-Wad: Characteristics and Cultural Implications 139
20. Eynan
21. The Final Natufian Structure 215-228 at Mallaha (Eynan), Israel: an Attempt at Spatial Analysis 146
22. A Study of two Natufian Residential Complexes: Structures 200 and 203 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel 172
23. Graves in Context: Field Anthropology and the Investigation of Interstratified Floors and Burials 185
24. Obsidian in Natufian Context: The Case of Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel 193
25. Flint Knapping and its Objectives in the Early Natufian: the Example of Eynan- Ain Mallaha (Israel) 203
26. Searching for the Functions of Fire Structures in Eynan (Mallaha) and their Formation Processes: a Geochemical Approach 227
27. Avifauna of the Final Natufian of Eynan 284
28. Bone Ornamental Elements and Decorated Objects of the Natufian from Mallaha 293
29. Reconstruction of the Habitats in the Ecosystem of the Final Natufian Site of Ain Mallaha (Eynan) 312
30. Southern Levant - other sites
31. Wadi Hammeh 27: an Open-air ‘Base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘Homeland’ 319
32. Art Items from Wadi Hammeh 27 349
33. The Final Epipaleolithic / PPNA site of Huzuq Musa (Jordan Valley) 382
34. Natufian Settlement in the Wadi al-Qusayr, West-Central Jordan 397
35. The Steppic Early Natufian: Investigations in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan 412
36. The Natufian of the Azraq Basin: An Appraisal 429
37. Chert Procurement Patterns and Exploitation Territory: Case Study from Late Natufian Hayonim Terrace (Western Galilee, Israel) 449
38. A Faunal Perspective on the Relationship between the Natufian Occupations of Hayonim Cave and Hayonim Terrace 463
39. The Natufian at Raqefet Cave 478
40. Hof Shahaf: A New Natufian Site on the Shore of Lake Kinneret 505
41. The Life History of Macrolithic Tools at Hilazon Tachtit Cave 527
42. General Reviews, Climate and Interpretations
43. Breaking the Mold: Phases and Facies in the Natufian of the Mediterranean Zone 544
44. Ruminations on the Role of Periphery and Centre in the Natufian 562
45. The Natufian and the Younger Dryas 584
46. Scaphopod Shells in the Natufian Culture 611
47. The Natufian Chronological Scheme – New Insights and their Implications 622
48. Natufian Foragers and the ‘Monocot Revolution’: A Phytolith Perspective 638
49. Lithic Technology in the Late Natufian – Technological Differences between ‘Core-area’ and ‘Periphery’ 649
50. Variability of Lunates and Changes in Projectile Weapons Technology during the Natufian 671
51. Specialized Hunting of Gazelle in the Natufian: Cultural Cause or Climatic Effect? 685
52. Commensalism: was it Truly a Natufian Phenomenon? Recent Cntributions from Ethnoarchaeology and Ecology 699