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Natufian culture
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The Natufian culture is an archaeological culture of the late Epipalaeolithic Near East in West Asia from 15,000–11,500 Before Present. The culture was unusual in that it supported a sedentary or semi
Dorothy Garrod (centre) discovered the Natufian culture in 1928
Dorothy Garrod (centre) discovered the Natufian culture in 1928
The Natufian appeared at the time of the Bølling–Allerød warming, before temperatures dropped drastically again during the Younger Dryas. Temperatures
The Natufian appeared at the time of the Bølling–Allerød warming, before temperatures dropped drastically again during the Younger Dryas. Temperatures would rise again at the end of the Younger Dryas, and with the onset of the Holocene and the Neolithic Revolution. Climate and Post-Glacial expansion in the Near East, based on the analysis of Greenland ice cores.
Mortars from Natufian Culture, grinding stones from Neolithic pre-pottery phase (Dagon Museum)
Mortars from Natufian Culture, grinding stones from Neolithic pre-pottery phase (Dagon Museum)
The Ain Sakhri lovers, from Ain Sakhri, near Bethleem (British Museum: 1958,1007.1 )
The Ain Sakhri lovers, from Ain Sakhri, near Bethleem (British Museum: 1958,1007.1 )
Tell Abu Hureyra
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Tell Abu Hureyra is a prehistoric archaeological site in the Upper Euphrates valley in Syria. The tell was inhabited between 13,300 and 7,800 cal. BP in two main phases: Abu Hureyra 1, dated to the Ep
Natufian culture
…which may have been the earliest in the world. Some evidence suggests deliberate cultivation of cereals, specifically rye, by the Natufian culture at Tell Abu Hureyra, the site of the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world. The world's oldest known evidence of the production of bread-like foodstuff has been…
Beads pendants from Abu Hureyra, ca 8700-6000 BC. Ashmolean Museum
Beads pendants from Abu Hureyra, ca 8700-6000 BC. Ashmolean Museum
Stones used to grind cereal grains, Abu Hureyra, c. 9500–9000 BC. British Museum.
Stones used to grind cereal grains, Abu Hureyra, c. 9500–9000 BC. British Museum.
Gazelle head, carved granite pebble (6800–6500 BC), Abu Hureyra. Ashmolean Museum AN 2008.32.
Gazelle head, carved granite pebble (6800–6500 BC), Abu Hureyra. Ashmolean Museum AN 2008.32.
Superimposed structures within Trench E showing Neolithic 2A rectilinear structure atop Epipalaeolithic 1A pit dwellings in the foreground. Abu Hureyr
Superimposed structures within Trench E showing Neolithic 2A rectilinear structure atop Epipalaeolithic 1A pit dwellings in the foreground. Abu Hureyra, Syria