Natufian culture (/nəˈtuːfiən/) is a Late Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the Neolithic prehistoric Levant in Western Asia, dating to around...

and followed by the proto-agrarian Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic. The appearance of the Kebaran culture, of microlithic type implies a significant...

Negev Desert. It corresponds to the latest stages of the Natufian culture. Like the Natufian, Harifian is characterized by semi-subterranean houses. These...

Emmanuel Anati, the Natufian culture had arisen as a result of the mixing of the local Kebarian culture of the Levant with the Mushabi culture. According to...

East", in: Humanities 19 (2012) 1-20, hier: S. 2. Epipaleolithic Prehistory of Iran History of Mesopotamia Trialetian culture Natufian culture Khiamian...

and followed by the proto-agrarian Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic. The appearance of the Kebarian culture, of microlithic type, implies a significant...

El Khiam arrow heads, the Khiamian is placed in the continuity of the Natufian, without any major technical innovations. However, for the first time houses...

in use. They precede the ceramic Neolithic Yarmukian culture. PPNA succeeds the Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic Near East. PPNA archaeological...

Shubayqa 1, once home of the Natufian hunter-gatherers, roughly 4,000 years before the advent of agriculture. Natufian culture also demonstrates the earliest...

as separate and distinct cultures. According to scholarly opinion the Harifian culture is derived from the Natufian culture in which the only characteristic...

to predate the invention of agriculture, with the construction of Natufian culture structures beginning earlier than 9000 BCE, the beginning of the Holocene...

significant aspects of this culture were their large community sizes and their sedentary lifestyles. Although the Late Natufian experienced a slight reversal...

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...

the Levant, arising from the Natufian culture, when pioneering use of wild cereals evolved into early farming. The Natufian period or "proto-Neolithic"...

witnessed waves of early humans out of Africa, to the emergence of Natufian culture c. 10th millennium BCE, the region entered the Bronze Age c. 2,000...

outside of Africa. The Natufian culture emerged in the southern Levant by the 10th millennium BCE, followed by the Ghassulian culture by around 4,500 BCE...

a process leading to sedentary culture can be seen in the Levant to as early as 12,000 BC, when the Natufian culture became sedentary; it evolved into...

Africa —— Parthenocarpic figs and Nile shellfish (please refer to Natufian culture#Long-distance exchange). Chicki, L; Nichols, RA; Barbujani, G; Beaumont...

excavations revealed the first evidence of the late Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture, characterized by the presence of abundant microliths, human burials...

millennium BC. During this millennium, the first dog remains came from the Natufian culture of the southern Levant. There is material evidence for the build up...

into Israel, eventually feeding the Ayalon River. The Natufian culture–an archaeological culture of the Levant region–is named after the wadi. Along with...

000 BC) and was later correlated with urban population density. The Natufian culture prevailed in the Levant through the 10th millennium and was unusual...

peoples of the Pacific Northwest and perhaps during the Mesolithic Natufian culture. It is possible that food surpluses and relatively large scale social...

West Bank. Like the earlier PPNA people, the PPNB culture developed from the Mesolithic Natufian culture. However, it shows evidence of a northerly origin...

in Africa at the time would have been nomadic hunter-gatherers. The Natufian culture continued to prevail in the Levantine and upper Mesopotamian areas...

around fresh water springs and lakes in the Levantine corridor by the Natufian culture. Higham, Thomas F. G.; Wesselingh, Frank P.; Hedges, Robert E. M.;...

 12,000 – c. 8,500 years ago, (10000 – 6500 BCE). It succeeds the Natufian culture of the Epipalaeolithic Near East (also called Mesolithic), as the domestication...

fertile, and the aquifers are full. c. 12,500 to 9,500 BCE – Natufian culture: a culture of sedentary hunter-gatherers who may have cultivated rye in...

(Hebrew: עינן) was an Epipalaeolithic settlement belonging to the Natufian culture, occupied circa 14,326–12,180 cal. BP. The settlement is an example...

that a sedentary lifestyle actually came before agriculture (see the Natufian culture). Further surprises followed in the 1990s with the spectacular finds...