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Natufian Exchange Networks in the Southern Levant (c. 12,500–9,500 BCE)

Natufian Exchange Networks in the Southern Levant (c. 12,500–9,500 BCE)

  1. Natufian lifeways take shape in southern Levant

    Labels: Natufian communities, Southern Levant, Stone architecture

  3. Coastal–inland links visible at Mount Carmel sites

    Labels: Mount Carmel, el Wad, Nahal Me

  4. Marine shells circulate as valued personal ornaments

    Labels: Marine shells, Mediterranean shells, Red Sea

  5. Basalt ground-stone tools move across landscapes

    Labels: Basalt tools, Ground-stone implements, Volcanic rock

  6. Anatolian obsidian reaches Natufian communities

    Labels: Anatolian obsidian, Obsidian artifacts, Long-distance source

  7. Younger Dryas climate shift pressures food and mobility

    Labels: Younger Dryas, Climate shift, Environmental stress

  8. Exchange operates through social networks, not formal trade

    Labels: Social networks, Exchange relationships, Natufian exchange

  9. Late Natufian villages show continued craft production

    Labels: Nahal Ein, Late Natufian, Cemetery

  10. Material circulation supports larger, longer-term communities

    Labels: Material circulation, Jordan Valley, Galilee

  11. Natufian exchange patterns bridge into early Neolithic

    Labels: Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Obsidian networks, Cultural transition

  12. Natufian named and defined through 1928 Shuqba excavation

    Labels: Dorothy Garrod, Shuqba Cave, Wadi Natuf