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Natufian culture (/
nəˈtuːfiən/ nə-TOO-fee-ən) is a Late
Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the
Neolithic prehistoric Levant in
Western Asia, dating...
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known as the
Athlitian or Antelian) and
followed by the proto-agrarian
Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic. The
appearance of the
Kebaran culture,...
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latest stages of the
Natufian culture, and
represents a
culmination of the
local Natufian developments. Like the
Natufian,
Harifian is characterized...
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phase of the Kebaran, and the Late
Epipalaeolithic to the
Natufian, 14,500–11,500 BP. The
Natufian overlaps with the
incipient Neolithic Revolution, the Pre-Pottery...
- the Levant,
arising from the
Natufian culture, when
pioneering use of wild
cereals evolved into
early farming. The
Natufian period or "proto-Neolithic"...
- the
earlier PPNA people, the PPNB
culture developed from the
Mesolithic Natufian culture. However, it
shows evidence of
having more
northerly origins, possibly...
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earliest known sites is
Shubayqa 1 (occupied c. 12,600–10,000 BCE), a
Natufian site
where archaeologists have
discovered the
remains of the
oldest known...
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succeeds the
Natufian culture of the
Epipalaeolithic Near East. PPNA
archaeological sites are much
larger than
those of the
preceding Natufian hunter-gatherer...
- 25000–17000 BC. In the Levant, the
Natufian culture was the
first to
become sedentary at
around 12000 BC. The
Natufians were
sedentary for more than 2000...
- dimorphism. Moreover, in
contrast to
Upper Paleolithic relationships of
Natufians in the Levant, the
North African remains indicated a
possible sub-Saharan...