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  1. Natufian hunter-gatherers in Israel were making clay beads 15,000 years ago — and fingerprint analysis shows children were among the makers. The earliest clay ornamental tradition outside Europe. #Natufian #Archaeology #Paleoanthropology anthropology.net/p/the-natufia

  2. A tiny 12,000-year-old clay figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II captures a rare human-animal encounter. This Natufian sculpture marks a turning point in symbolic expression just before the Neolithic. #Archaeology #Natufian #HumanOrigins #Prehistory anthropology.net/p/clay-shadow

  3. No way this whole #Neolithic research stuff will ever get boring. Just look at this fantastic little clay #figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II (modern Israel), conveying a 12,000 years old #natufian story …

    phys.org/news/2025-11-woman-go via @physorg

  4. No way this whole #Neolithic research stuff will ever get boring. Just look at this fantastic little clay #figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II (modern Israel), conveying a 12,000 years old #Natufian story … 🏺 phys.org/news/2025-11...

    The woman and the goose: A 12,...

  5. Advanced Stone Age architecture in the Near East: new study rewrites archaeological history

    Traditional theories about the origins of building in the Near East have been overturned by a landmark study, which shows that advanced building techniques and diverse architectural forms emerged much earlier than previously thought—dating back to the Natufian period (15,000–8,500 years ago)...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2024/12/adv

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    #archaeology #archeology #Natufian #neolithic

  6. @toricht.bsky.social Discussing unusual child burials from 🏺 Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture (15-11.6k BP) Archaeological Science Day. The majority of the individuals that are represented are perinates and infants buried below stone pavement #Archaeology #Natufian #Levant"

  7. And round and round it goes ...

    Stones with holes or spindle whorls? - Do these perforated pebbles from 12,000 y/o #Natufian Nahal Ein-Gev II (Israel) anticipate wheeled rotational technologies right there in the #Neolithization of the Southern Levant?

    journals.plos.org/plosone/arti by Talia Yashuv & Leore Grosman in PLoS ONE 19(11), 2024. 🔓

  8. Nice marketing idea, #TurkishAirlines - but I guess, the #Natufian hunters from #Shubayqa would like to have a word. 😆😂

    youtu.be/R_uz0iwdlF8

  9. Which adds nicely to the few other rather similar #ShamanBurials known, like e.g. the #Natufian one from #HilazonTachtit in a small cave in northern Israel, about the same age:

    pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas