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Encoding information: unique Natufian objects from Hayonim Cave, Western Galilee, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

O. Bar-Yosef  and
A. Belfer-Cohen
O. Bar-Yosef
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, USA, [email protected]
A. Belfer-Cohen
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scoupus 91905, Israel
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Abstract

New incised bone and limestone Natufian objects discovered during the 1997 season of excavations at Hayonim cave (Western Galilee, Israel), as well as a bone object found earlier in Kebara cave (Mount Carmel), indicate direct connections between the two sites. The incised pattern on the slab is interpreted as supportive evidence for emerging territoriality among Natufian communities in the Levant.

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NatufianartHayonimIsraelLevant
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 280 , June 1999 , pp. 402 - 410
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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