The age profiles of Gazelles predated by ancient man in Israel: possible evidence for a shift form seasonality to sedentism in the Natufian

• Autores: Simon J. M. Davis
• Localización: Paléorient, ISSN 0153-9345, Vol. 9, Nº. 1, 1983, págs. 55-62
• Idioma: francés
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  • This paper presents age profile data for gazelle teeth and bones from a sequence of prehistoric sites in Israel which date from the Mousterian (50-40,000 BP) to Natufian (12-10,000 BP) periods. Within this sequence a small increase in the proportion of juveniles is observed in the Natufian. There are several possible factors which may affect the age profile of a prey species culled by ancient man. It is argued that the increase in the Natufian was the unintended result of a change in man's lifestyle at that time:

    a change from seasonal nomadism to sedentism.