The economic and ritual utilization of plants at the Raqefet Cave Natufian site
The evidence from phytoliths
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18936624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Power (0000-0001-7425-5709, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author), A M Rosen (0000-0002-1296-2851, The University of Texas at Austin), Dani Nadel (0000-0001-7736-1830, University of Haifa) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Pages | 49-65 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-4165 • E-ISSN: 1090-2686 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jaa.2013.11.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2045951821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 84 |
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Cave · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Paleoethnobotany · Phragmites · Phytolith · Wetland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
The social role of food in the Natufian cemetery of Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples
The Natufian Culture
Understanding Fossil Phytolith Preservation
Tomorrow’s mundane is today’s extraordinary
‘… Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of [beer]!’ (R.L. Stevenson) no beer but rather cereal-Food. Commentary
Preliminary analysis of the Late Natufian ground stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan
A grid-like incised pattern inside a Natufian bedrock mortar, Raqefet Cave, Israel
Ecological flexibility
A morphological and chemo-taxonomic approach to characterize starches from plants potentially available in the Eurasian Steppe during MIS 3 (60-25 ka BP)
Sheltered by reeds and settled on sedges
Microarqueobotânica no Museu Nacional, UFRJ
Flautas, banhas e caxiris
Dung detective! A multi-scalar, multi-method approach to identification and analysis of ancient faecal material
Domestic and ritual use of plants and fuels in the neolithic cave of Alepotrypa, southern Peloponnese, Greece
Culturing the body in the context of the neolithisation of the southern Levant
Not up in smoke
Assessing past water availability using phytoliths from the C4 plant Sorghum bicolor
Fermented beverage and food storage in 13,000 y-old stone mortars at Raqefet Cave, Israel
Response to comments on archaeological reconstruction of 13,000-y old Natufian beer making at Raqefet Cave, Israel
A morphometric study of variance in articulated dendritic phytolith wave lobes within selected species of Triticeae and Aveneae
The potential of phytolith analysis to reveal grave goods
Tracing microfossil residues of cereal processing in the archaeobotanical record
Holocene vegetation cycles, land-use, and human adaptations to desertification in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia
Grass inflorescence phytoliths of useful species and wild cereals from sub-Saharan Africa
Phytoliths as a tool for investigations of agricultural origins and dispersals around the world
The vegetational and climatic contexts of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Between Novelty and Variability
Wedded to wetlands
Assessing use and suitability of scanning electron microscopy in the analysis of micro remains in dental calculus
Ashes from Pompeii
New insights on Neolithic food and mobility patterns in Mediterranean coastal populations
Grinding in a hollow? Phytolith evidence for pounding cereals in bedrock mortars at Paliambela Kolindros, an Early Neolithic site in Macedonia, North Greece
The representativeness of the dental calculus dietary record
Intensification and sedentism in the terminal Pleistocene Natufian sequence of el-Wad Terrace (Israel)
Pen management and livestock activities based on phytoliths, dung spherulites, and minerals from Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern pre-Pyrenees)
One, two, three phytoliths
Radiocarbon dating of human burials from Raqefet Cave and contemporaneous Natufian traditions at Mount Carmel
A Natufian Ritual Event
The Sounds of Pounding
From Hangovers to Hierarchies
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land
Foraging and Farming
Preagricultural Sedentism
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers
The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences
Processing of wild cereal grains in the Upper Palaeolithic revealed by starch grain analysis
Preliminary Identification of Silica Skeletons from Near Eastern Archaeological Sites
International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0
Earliest floral grave lining from 13,700–11,700-y-old Natufian burials at Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel
The Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate as a reflection of regional events
Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem
Sea–land oxygen isotopic relationships from planktonic foraminifera and speleothems in the Eastern Mediterranean region and their implication for paleorainfall during interglacial intervals
Climate change, adaptive cycles, and the persistence of foraging economies during the late Pleistocene/Holocene transition in the Levant
A Unique Human-Fox Burial from a Pre-Natufian Cemetery in the Levant (Jordan)
A 12,000-year-old Shaman burial from the southern Levant (Israel)
Early evidence ( ca. 12,000 B.P.) for feasting at a burial cave in Israel
Green stone beads at the dawn of agriculture
The broad spectrum revisited
Last hunters, first farmers
Study of Phytoliths in Prehistoric Ash Layers from Kebara and Tabun Caves Using a Quantitative Approach
Starch residues on grinding stones in private collections
Herding and agricultural activities at the early neolithic site of Ayn Abu Nukhayla (Wadi Rum, Jordan). The results of phytolith and spherulite analyses
Les fouilles de Mallaha en 2000 et 2001
Les fouilles de Ain Mallaha (Eynan) de 2003 ὰ 2005
The social role of food in the Natufian cemetery of Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
The Natufian culture in the Levant, threshold to the origins of agriculture
Phytolith analysis on dental calculus, enamel surface, and burial soil
The Garbage Crisis in prehistory
Death, Mortuary Ritual, and Natufian Social Structure
Phytolith analysis on dental calculus, enamel surface, and burial soil
The Deep and the Shallow
A first phytolith approximation to diet study in the archaeological site Gascón 1, Pampean Region, República Argentina
Insights on Neanderthal fire use at Kebara Cave (Israel) through high resolution study of prehistoric combustion features
Late Natufian Nahal Oren and its satellite sites
Reassessing the evidence for the cultivation of wild crops during the Younger Dryas at Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria
What Was Brewing in the Natufian? An Archaeological Assessment of Brewing Technology in the Epipaleolithic
Phytoliths in the Middle Palaeolithic Deposits of Kebara Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel
The phytolith archaeological record
Stability of phytoliths in the archaeological record
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period
The Natufian economy at el-Wad Terrace with special reference to gazelle exploitation patterns
Microarchaeology of a collective burial
Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel
The Raqefet Cave 2008 Excavation Season
Back to Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Archaeological Science Under a Microscope
Long-term trends in Natufian subsistence
Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia
New 14 C Dates for the Early Natufian of El-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
The Natufian
The origins of sedentism and farming communities in the Levant
Late Epipalaeolithic Rock-Cut Installations and Groundstone Tools in the Southern Levant. Methodology and Classification System
Plant Remains from Hayonim Cave, Western Galilee
Funerals As Feasts
Oasis or Mirage? Assessing the Role of Abrupt Climate Change in the Prehistory of the Southern Levant
Human-Made Bedrock Holes (Mortars and Cupmarks) as a Late Natufian Social Phenomenon
Increasing the resolution of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in the Southern Levantine Epipaleolithic (19-12 ka)
HLA class II alleles in Ainu living in Hidaka district, Hokkaido, northern Japan
De la récurrence à la norme
On 'sedentism' in the Later Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant
The role of wild grasses in subsistence and sedentism
Encoding information
Revising the Broad Spectrum Revolution
An Early Epipalaeolithic sitting burial from the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
Public and Private, Domestic and Corporate
Ground-Stone Tools and Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence in Southwest Asia
The Pleistocene to Holocene Transition and Human Economy in Southwest Asia
The Natufian in the Levant
The Proof Is in the Pudding
Zooarchaeological Measures of Hunting Pressure and Occupation Intensity in the Natufian
Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability
In the Eye of the Beholder
The Epi-Palaeolithic Southern Levant and the Origins of Cultivation
Plants as material culture in the Near Eastern Neolithic
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |