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Far'ah II: A Middle Palaeolithic Open-Air Site in the Northern Negev, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Isaac Gilead  and
Caroline Grigson
Isaac Gilead
Affiliation:
Archaeological Division, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Caroline Grigson
Affiliation:
Odontological Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
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The middle palaeolithic open-air site of Far'ah II was discovered and tested by the British Western Negev Expedition during the years 1972–73 (Price Williams 1973; 1975). After the British team concluded its field programme in 1976, the Archaeological Division of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem took over. For three seasons during 1976, 1977, and 1978, the site was excavated under the direction of I. Gilead.

A preliminary report of the results of the 1977 season described the basic aspects of the flint technology and typology (Gilead 1980). It is the intention of this article to discuss new data acquired during the field season of 1978 and to present a more detailed analysis of the flint artefacts and animal remains and of their spatial distribution on the archaeological surfaces.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , December 1984 , pp. 71 - 97
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1984

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