@article{RichterEtAl2017,
title = {High Resolution AMS Dates from Shubayqa 1, Northeast Jordan Reveal Complex Origins of Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant},
author = {Richter, Tobias and Arranz-Otaegui, Amaia and Yeomans, Lisa and Boaretto, Elisabetta},
year = {2017},
month = {dec},
journal = {Sci. Rep.},
volume = {7},
number = {1},
pages = {17025},
issn = {2045-2322},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-17096-5},
abstract = {The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~14,600 - 11,500 cal BP) is a key period in the prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting and gathering society with increased sedentism, intensive plant exploitation and associated with an increase in artistic and symbolic material culture, it is positioned between the earlier Upper- and Epi-Palaeolithic and the early Neolithic, when plant cultivation and subsequently animal domestication began. The Natufian has thus often been seen as a necessary pre-adaptation for the emergence of Neolithic economies in southwest Asia. Previous work has pointed to the Mediterranean woodland zone of the southern Levant as the ‘core zone’ of the Early Natufian. Here we present a new sequence of 27 AMS radiocarbon dates from the Natufian site Shubayqa 1 in northeast Jordan. The results suggest that the site was occupied intermittently between ~14,600 - 12,000 cal BP. The dates indicate the Natufian emerged just as early in eastern Jordan as it did in the Mediterranean woodland zone. This suggests that the origins and development of the Natufian were not tied to the ecological conditions of the Mediterranean woodlands, and that the evolution of this hunting and gathering society was more complex and heterogeneous than previously thought.},
month_numeric = {12}
}
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- :bibtex_key: RichterEtAl2017
:bibtex_type: :article
:title: "{High Resolution AMS Dates from Shubayqa 1, Northeast Jordan Reveal Complex
Origins of Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant}"
:author: "{Richter, Tobias and Arranz-Otaegui, Amaia and Yeomans, Lisa and Boaretto,
Elisabetta}"
:year: "{2017}"
:month: "{dec}"
:journal: "{Sci. Rep.}"
:volume: "{7}"
:number: "{1}"
:pages: "{17025}"
:issn: "{2045-2322}"
:doi: "{10.1038/s41598-017-17096-5}"
:abstract: "{The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~14,600 - 11,500 cal BP) is a key
period in the prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting
and gathering society with increased sedentism, intensive plant exploitation and
associated with an increase in artistic and symbolic material culture, it is positioned
between the earlier Upper- and Epi-Palaeolithic and the early Neolithic, when
plant cultivation and subsequently animal domestication began. The Natufian has
thus often been seen as a necessary pre-adaptation for the emergence of Neolithic
economies in southwest Asia. Previous work has pointed to the Mediterranean woodland
zone of the southern Levant as the ‘core zone’ of the Early Natufian. Here we
present a new sequence of 27 AMS radiocarbon dates from the Natufian site Shubayqa
1 in northeast Jordan. The results suggest that the site was occupied intermittently
between ~14,600 - 12,000 cal BP. The dates indicate the Natufian emerged just
as early in eastern Jordan as it did in the Mediterranean woodland zone. This
suggests that the origins and development of the Natufian were not tied to the
ecological conditions of the Mediterranean woodlands, and that the evolution of
this hunting and gathering society was more complex and heterogeneous than previously
thought.}"
:month_numeric: "{12}"
There are 28 records in XRONOS that cite this reference.
Site | Lab ID | Context | Material | Taxon | Method | Uncalibrated age | Calibrated age | References |
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Shubayqa 1 | Beta-112146 | Pit partially sealed by stone pavement | dung | Gazella | NA | 12310±60 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7311 | Animal bone concentration (within room fill) | charcoal | Vitex | NA | 12367±65 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7312 | Animal bone concentration (within room fill) | charcoal | Zilla | NA | 12405±50 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7313 | Animal bone concentration (within room fill) | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12346±46 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7314 | Animal bone concentration (within room fill) | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12273±48 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7315 | Fill of structure 1 | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12445±70 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7316 | Fill of structure 1 | charcoal | Zilla | NA | 12337±46 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7317 | Context 83, upper fill fireplace | tuber | Bolboschoenus | AMS | 12289±46 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7318 | Lower fill fireplace | charcoal | Zilla | NA | 12332±46 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7947 | Fill of structure 1 | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12322±38 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7948 | Fill of posthole | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12478±38 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-7951 | Layer in-line with pavement | tuber | Bolboschoenus | NA | 12166±66 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-8902 | Midden rich upper fill of pit | charcoal | Vitex | NA | 10107±53 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-8903 | Basal fill of pit below (174) | charcoal | Vitex | NA | 10095±52 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTD-8904 | Fill of hearth | charcoal | Zilla | NA | 10317±38 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTK-6812 | Midden fill | charcoal | Fraxinus | NA | 11365±72 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTK-6813 | Fill above middle fire place | charcoal | Tamarix | NA | 12344±85 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTK-6814 | Midden fill | charcoal | Tamarix | NA | 10229±70 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTK-6816 | Fill above middle fire place | charcoal | Tamarix | NA | 12389±78 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 | |
Shubayqa 1 | RTK-6817 | Occupation Deposit | charcoal | Amaranthaceae | NA | 11322±75 BP | Richter et al. 2017 Palmisano et al. 2022 |