This paper argues that the search for an overarching explanation for the adoption of farming
and settled life in the Middle East can be enhanced by a consideration of the dependencies …

Ritual practice plays crucial social roles in human societies by communicating information
about social status, calming tensions, and integrating communities. Although communication …

A concentration of 77 Late Natufian Human-made Bedrock Holes (mortars, cupmarks, etc.)
hewn into the Raqefet Cave floor and terrace (Mt. Carmel, Israel) has been recently …

Groundstone tools in the Southern Levant were major implements in man's life from the
Epipalaeolithic onward. However, comparative studies of groundstone tools are still limited …

Recently found open-air flint extraction and workshop sites in the Eastern Galilee, Israel, are
the focus of this paper. Lithic assemblages from among a few of the thousands of tailing …

One of the largest prehistoric settlements in Israel and Jordan was uncovered by the Motza
salvage excavation in the largest and deepest drainage basin of the Judean highlands in …

This paper reports on a recently discovered Middle Paleolithic and Neolithic/Chalcolithic
open-air flint extraction and reduction complex at Mt. Achbara in Israel's Eastern Galilee …

A long season of excavation took place at Raqefet cave during the summer of 2006. In the
first chamber we exposed an area rich with Natufian human burials (Locus 1), a large …

The research of the Kaizer Hill site (the Hilltop and its Terraces), recognized as a Pre Pottery
Neolithic A (PPNA) quarry site, involved studies of the rock damage associated with the …

This study focuses on Kaizer Hill, a quarry site located in the vicinity of the city of Modiin
where remains of a single prehistoric cultural entity assigned to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A …