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<p> List of Contributors</p>
<p> <strong>Preface:</strong> The Natufian Culture in the Levant: Twenty Years Later<br> <em>Ofer Bar-Yosef and Francois R. Valla</em></p>
<p> Acknowledgements</p>
<p> <strong>NORTHERN LEVANT</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 1. </strong>Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains<br> <em>Nicholas J. Conard, Knut Bretzke, Katleen Deckers, Andrew W. Kandel, Mohamed Masri, Hannes Napierala, Simone Riehl and Mareike Stahlschmidt</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 2. </strong>The Natufian of Moghr el-Ahwal in the Qadisha Valley, Northern Lebanon<br> <em>Andrew Garrard and Corine Yazbeck</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 3. </strong>The Natufian of Southwestern Syria Sites in the Damascus Province<br> <em>Kurt Felix Hillgruber</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 4. </strong>The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria)<br> <em>Xavier Terradas, Juan Jose Ibanez, Franck Braemer, Lionel Gourichon and Luis C. Teira</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 5. </strong>The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)<br> <em>Amelia del Carmen Rodriguez Rodriguez, Maya Haidar-Boustani, Jesus E.Gonzalez Urquijo, Juan Jose Ibanez, Michel Al-Maqdissi, Xavier Terradas and Lydia Zapata</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 6. </strong>Fish in the Desert? The Younger Dryas and its Influence on the Paleoenvironment at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria<br> <em>Hannes Napierala</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 7. </strong>Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria<br> <em>Ken-ichi Tanno, George Willcox, Sultan Muhesen, Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Yousef Kanjo and Takeru Akazawa</em></p>
<p> <strong>SOUTHERN LEVANT</strong></p>
<p> <strong>El-Wad</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 8. </strong>Spatial Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations<br> <em>Mina Weinstein-Evron, Daniel Kaufman and Reuven Yeshurun</em><br> <br> <strong>Chapter 9. </strong>The Last Natufian Inhabitants of el-Wad Terrace<br> <em>Noga Bachrach, Israel Hershkovitz, Daniel Kaufman and Mina Weinstein-Evron</em><br> <br> <strong>Chapter 10. </strong>Domestic Refuse Maintenance in the Natufian: Faunal Evidence from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel<br> <em>Reuven Yeshurun, Guy Bar-Oz, Daniel Kaufman and Mina Weinstein-Evron</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 11. </strong>Natufian Green Stone Pendants from el-Wad: Characteristics and Cultural Implications<br> Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Naomi Porat and Mina Weinstein-Evron</p>
<p> <strong>Eynan</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 12. </strong>The Final Natufian Structure 215-228 at Mallaha (Eynan), Israel: an Attempt at Spatial Analysis<br> <em>Francois R. Valla, Hamoudi Khalaily, Nicolas Samuelian, Anne Bridault, Rivka Rabinovich, Tal Simmons, Gaelle Le Dosseur and Shoshana Ashkenazi</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 13. </strong>A Study of two Natufian Residential Complexes: Structures 200 and 203 at Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel<br> <em>Nicolas Samuelia</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 14. </strong>Graves in Context: Field Anthropology and the Investigation of Interstratified Floors and Burials<br> <em>Fanny Bocquentin, Teresa Cabellos and Nicolas Samuelian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 15. </strong>Obsidian in Natufian Context: the Case of Eynan (Ain Mallaha), Israel<br> <em>Hamoudi Khalaily and Francois R. Valla</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 16. </strong>Flint Knapping and its Objectives in the Early Natufian. The Example of Eynan- Ain Mallaha (Israel)<br> <em>Boris Valentin, Francois R. Valla and Hugues Plisson with the collaboration of Fanny Bocquentin</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 17. </strong>Searching for the Functions of Fire Structures in Eynan (Mallaha) and their Formation Processes: a Geochemical Approach<br> <em>Ramiro J. March</em><br> <br> <strong>Chapter 18. </strong>Avifauna of the Final Natufian of Eynan<br> <em>Tal Simmons</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 19. </strong>Bone Ornamental Elements and Decorated Objects of the Natufian from Mallaha<br> <em>Gaelle Le Dosseur and Claudine Marechal</em><br> <br> <strong>Chapter 20. </strong>Reconstruction of the Habitats in the Ecosystem of the Final Natufian Site of Ain Mallaha (Eynan)<br> <em>Shoshana Ashkenazi</em></p>
<p> <strong>SOUTHERN LEVANT - OTHER SITES</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 21. </strong>Wadi Hammeh 27: an open-air ‘base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘homeland’<br> <em>Phillip C. Edwards, Fanny Bocquentin, Sue Colledge, Yvonne Edwards, Gaelle Le Dosseur, Louise Martin, Zvonkica Stanin and John Webb</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 22. </strong>Art Items from Wadi Hammeh 27<br> <em>Janine Major</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 23. </strong>The Final Epipaleolithic / PPNA site of Huzuq Musa (Jordan Valley)<br> <em>Dani Nadel and Danny Rosenberg</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 24. </strong>Natufian Settlement in the Wadi al-Qusayr, West-Central Jordan<br> <em>Michael Neeley</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 25. </strong>The Steppic Early Natufian: Investigations in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan<br> <em>Deborah I. Olszewski</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 26. </strong>The Natufian of the Azraq Basin: An Appraisal<br> <em>Tobias Richter and Lisa A. Maher</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 27. </strong>Chert Procurement Patterns And Exploitation Territory: Case Study From Late Natufian Hayonim Terrace (Western Galilee, Israel)<br> <em>Christophe Delage</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 28. </strong>A Faunal Perspective on the Relationship between the Natufian Occupations of Hayonim Cave and Hayonim Terrace<br> <em>Natalie D. Munro</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 29. </strong>The Natufian at Raqefet Cave<br> <em>Gyorgy Lengyel, Dani Nadel and Fanny Bocquentin</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 30. </strong>Hof Shahaf: A New Natufian Site on the Shore of Lake Kinneret<br> <em>Ofer Marder, Reuven Yeshurun, Howard Smithline, Oren Ackermann, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Leore Grosman, Israel Hershkovitz, Noa Klein and Lior Weissbrod</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 31. </strong>The Life History of Macrolithic Tools at Hilazon Tachtit Cave<br> <em>Laure Dubreuil and Leore Grosman</em></p>
<p> <strong>GENERAL REVIEWS, CLIMATE AND INTERPRETATIONS</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 32. </strong>Breaking the Mould: Phases and Facies in the Natufian of the Mediterranean Zone<br> <em>Anna Belfer-Cohen and A. Nigel Goring-Morris</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 33. </strong>Ruminations on the Role of Periphery and Center in the Natufian<br> <em>A. Nigel Goring-Morris and Anna Belfer-Cohen</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 34. </strong>The Natufian and the Younger Dryas<br> <em>Donald O. Henry</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 35. </strong>Scaphopod Shells in the Natufian Culture<br> <em>Aldona Kurzawska, Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer and Henk K. Mienis</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 36. </strong>The Natufian Chronological Scheme – New Insights and their Implications<br> Leore Grosman</p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 37. </strong>Natufian Foragers and the ‘Monocot Revolution’: A Phytolith Perspective<br> <em>Arlene M. Rosen</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 38. </strong>Lithic Technology in the Late Natufian – Technological Differences between ‘Core-area’ and ‘Periphery’<br> <em>Hila Ashkenazy</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 39. </strong>Variability of Lunates and Changes in Projectile Weapons Technology during the Natufian<br> <em>Alla Yaroshevich, Daniel Kaufman, Dmitri Nuzhnyy, Ofer Bar-Yosef and Mina Weinstein-Evron</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 40. </strong>Specialized Hunting of Gazelle in the Natufian: Cultural Cause or Climatic Effect?<br> <em>Guy Bar-Oz, Reuven Yeshurun and Mina Weinstein-Evron</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 41. </strong>Commensalism: was it Truly a Natufian Phenomenon? Recent Cntributions from Ethnoarchaeology and Ecology<br> <em>Lior Weissbrod, Daniel Kaufman, Dani Nadel, Reuven Yeshurun and Mina Weinstein-Evron</em></p>

<p> <strong>Ofer Bar-Yosef</strong> is the George Grant MacCurdy and Janet G. B. MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Harvard University.</p>