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Beads from Kebara (Mt Carmel; Israel)

These beads were found in the upper  Layers (Kebaran, Natufian) at Kebara cave (Mt Carmel; Israel) and are called “barrel shaped” beads. (1,2-1,3 cm and 0,5-0,55 cm diameter). Two of them are made from bone and one looks more like … Continue reading

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Enigmatic object from the Natufian at Kebara

The Natufian can be recognized through its combined archeological attributes, including dwellings, graves, lithic and bone industries, ground stone tools, ornamentation, and art objects (most famous: The Ain Sakhri lovers and the handle of a sickle-blade haft carved as a … Continue reading

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Razor sharp

The appearance of Levallois technology (named after a suburb of Paris where it was first described) in Africa and Europe c. 300–250 ka years ago (OIS8) is commonly used to define the Lower-to-Middle Palaleolithic and ESA/MSA boundary (as first proposed … Continue reading

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Dead End Street: The Levallois-Mousterian of the Carmel region

These are some artifacts from the “Mousterian” layers of Kebara. The Middle Paleolithic findings of this site are the only “Tabun-B Ensembles” in Israel, that has been excavated with modern methods. These ensembles therfore can be considered as the reference stratigraphy for … Continue reading

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Flakes, Blades, Bladelets!!

  These are several bladelets from the Kebaran strata at the type site Kebera cave, already introduced during earlier posts. I remember well that I was convinced by arguments when reading Leroi-  Gourhan’s, “Le Geste et la Parole” during the … Continue reading

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Insights into the Natufian

Helwan Lunates and personal adornment of the Natufian Period (Kebara Cave Vicinity) During the spring of 1928 D.A.E. Garrod began the excavation of Shukba cave some 27 km northwest of Jerusalem. The cave opened on the Wadi en-Natuf at 322 … Continue reading

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Early Upper Paleolithic at Kebara Cave (Israel)

Kebara cave, located on the western escarpment of Mt Carmel, was one of the first sites on the levantine coast that was excavated in the last century. First digs in 1932 by Turville-Petre were followed by the more methodological work … Continue reading

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