▪ Abstract The transition from the Middle Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic is considered
one of the major revolutions in the prehistory of humankind. Explanations of the observable …

… The establishment of the Early Natufian sites is what we once referred to as a “point of no
return” (Bar-Yosef and Belfer-Cohen 1989; Belfer-Cohen and Bar-Yosef 2000). Their small …

… After scraping off the outer layer penetrated by external o- and ß-radiation, we crushed the
flint core until the grain size was reduced to below i 60 pum. This powder was divided into two …

The buried cultural treasures of the Near East have stimulated archaeolo gists since the late
eighteenth century, but such treasures were located either in the great plains of …

This review summarizes the paleoecology of the Early and Middle Pleistocene of southwestern
Asia, based on both flora and fauna, retrieved from a series of ‘windows’ provided by the …

This paper presents research on the conditions under which progressive levels of burning
may occur to archaeological bone, and how burning damage changes bones' crystal structure …

… Ofer Bar-Yosef studies Middle and Upper Paleolithic sequences in the Near East, as well as
… with the location of most of the sites of the Natufian culture (after Bar-Yosef and Meadow4). …

… I am indebted to Ofer Bar-Yosef in more ways that I can describe. In the interest ofbrevity, I
thank him here for including me in the most stimulating research context of my still short career…

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor’s seminal book Radiocarbon Dating:
An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the …

… Bar-Yosef and Meadow write about the origins of cultivation which occurred during the
Natufian period, and the origins of animal husbandry which occurred during the Neolithic (and …