Tikvah Steiner
Hebrew University of Jerusalem | HUJI · Institute of Archaeology

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Fig 1. Map with location of southern Levantine Epipaleolithic sites...

Fig 3. Identified skeletal elements of gazelle and BSGD by anatomical...

Fig 4. Identified skeletal elements of fallow deer and BSGB by...

Fig 5. Examples of cut marks on BSGB and BSGD ungulate bones from Brush...

Fig 6. All identified elements of birds in Brush Hut 1, %NISP, by...

Abundance or stress? Faunal exploitation patterns and subsistence strategies: The case study of Brush Hut 1 at Ohalo II, a submerged 23,000-year-old camp in the Sea of Galilee, Israel

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Jan 2022

The submerged site of Ohalo II was occupied during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), between 23,500–22,500 cal BP, bridging the Upper Paleolithic/Epipaleolithic transition in the southern Levant. The site is known for the excellent preservation of its brush huts and botanical remains. This study examines the behavior of its past inhabitants through a...

Freshwater turtle or tortoise? The exploitation of testudines at the Mousterian site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet, Hula Valley, Israel

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Aug 2017

Numerous sites showing human occupation during the Pleistocene were discovered at the Hula Valley — in the northern segment of the Jordan Valley, Israel. At the Middle Paleolithic site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO; OSL dated to ca. 65,000 B.P.), two testudine species were recovered, a freshwater turtle — the Western Caspian Turtle (Mauremys cf....

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