Natufian (jan 1, 12500 BC – jan 1, 9600 BC)
Description:
Natufian – ca. 12,500- 10,000 BC
• Gradual change
• Sites up to 2000 m2
• Caves & open-air stations
• Substantial architecture
• Long-lasting occupation: Sedentarization
• Cemeteries
• Rich material culture; art
• Intensified exploitation of the wild; cultivation?
• Sedentism before food production
Added to timeline:
Archaeological Timeline middle east Late Epipaleolithic till Iron age
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