Huzuq Musa – A Preliminary Report on the Test Excavation at a Final Epipalaeolithic/PPNA Site in the Jordan Valley

Rosenberg, Danny; Yeshurun, Reuven; Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris; Winter, Haim; Zerṭāl, Ādām; Brown-Goodman, Rachael; Nadel, Dani

doi:10.3406/paleo.2010.5395

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“…This tradition is shared by groups in the Jordan Valley, although beads were produced locally at each site. Local themes also emerge from the NEG II lithic assemblage which is most similar to assemblages from Gilgal II and Huruq Musa, also located in the Lower Jordan Valley ( Table 5 ; [ 24 , 48 ], Fig 1 ). Similarities are expressed in the high ratio of perforators, the typology of the sickle blades and the relatively small number of microliths.…”

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Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee

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The Natufian culture is of great importance as a starting point to investigate the dynamics of the transition to agriculture. Given its chronological position at the threshold of the Neolithic (ca. 12,000 years ago) and its geographic setting in the productive Jordan Valley, the site of Nahal Ein Gev II (NEG II) reveals aspects of the Late Natufian adaptations and its implications for the transition to agriculture. The size of the site, the thick archaeological deposits, invested architecture and multiple occupation sub-phases reveal a large, sedentary community at least on par with Early Natufian camps in the Mediterranean zone. Although the NEG II lithic tool kit completely lacks attributes typical of succeeding Pre Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) assemblages, the artistic style is more closely related to the early PPNA world, despite clear roots in Early Natufian tradition. The site does not conform to current perceptions of the Late Natufians as a largely mobile population coping with reduced resource productivity caused by the Younger Dryas. Instead, the faunal and architectural data suggest that the sedentary populations of the Early Natufian did not revert back to a nomadic way of life in the Late Natufian in the Jordan Valley. NEG II encapsulates cultural characteristics typical of both Natufian and PPNA traditions and thus bridges the crossroads between Late Paleolithic foragers and Neolithic farmers.

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“…15,500-11,500 cal b.p.). They are found on cave floors and in open-air sites, in all ecological and geological settings Nadel and Rosenberg 2010;Rosenberg and Nadel 2011a;Rosenberg et al 2010;Terradas et al 2013).…”

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“…Nadel and Lengyel 2009;Nadel et al 2009a), Nahal Oren (Nadel and Rosenberg 2011), and Ornit Cave (Rosenberg and Nadel 2011a). Work was also carried out in Jordan (Johnson et al 1999; Rich-ter and Maher 2013), the Lower Jordan Valley (Nadel et al 2013;Rosenberg et al 2010), the Negev (Goring- Morris et al 1999;), and Syria (Terradas et al 2013). Yet, the high-resolution documentation and characterization of bedrock features, especially the deep narrow ones (some over 60 cm deep), was limited to due inadequate methods used in the field.…”

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3D Characterization of Bedrock Features: A Natufian Case Study

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“…Such mortars have not been reported from other Natufian sites located in the Mediterranean zone of the southern Levant, such as Hayonim Cave and Terrace (Belfer-Cohen 1988), Hilazon Tachtit (Grosman et al 2008) and Eynan (Perrot 1966;Perrot & Ladiray 1988). However, similar items are known from Huzuk Musa in the lower Jordan Valley (e.g., Eitam 2008; 2010; Rosenberg et al 2010; and Rosh Zin in the Negev (Nadel et al 2009b). …”

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A grid-like incised pattern inside a Natufian bedrock mortar, Raqefet Cave, Israel

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2016

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Abstract:Bedrock features are a hallmark of the Natufian (ca. 15,000-11,500 cal BP) in the southern Levant and beyond and they include a large variety of types, from deep variants to shallow ones and from narrow mortars to wide basins. They are usually interpreted as food preparation facilities, associated with Natufian intensification of cereal and acorn consumption. However, inside the shaft of one deep narrow Natufian mortar at the entrance to Raqefet Cave (Mt. Carmel, Israel), we found a set of grid-like incisions accompanied by irregular lines. This pattern is similar in the general impression and the details of execution to incised stone slabs and objects found in other Natufian sites. As in several other Natufian objects, the incised patterns were hardly visible at the time, due to their light appearance and concealed location. The engraving act and symbolic meaning of the contents were likely more important than the display of the results. Furthermore, the Raqefet mortar was incorporated in a structured complex that also included a slab pavement and a boulder mortar. Thus, the complex motif, the specific feature it was carved on (inside a deep mortar), the associated features, and the location at the entrance to a burial cave all suggest an elaborate ceremonial and symbolic system.

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Huzuq Musa – A Preliminary Report on the Test Excavation at a Final Epipalaeolithic/PPNA Site in the Jordan Valley

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee

Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee

3D Characterization of Bedrock Features: A Natufian Case Study

A grid-like incised pattern inside a Natufian bedrock mortar, Raqefet Cave, Israel

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