Late Epipalaeolithic wood remains from el‐Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel

SIMCHA LEV‐YADUN, MINA WEINSTEIN‐EVRON

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Abstract

Thirty‐two Early Natufian (13‐11 k years BP) pieces of charcoal were found in the recent excavations of el‐Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. These included Tamarix sp. (10 pieces), Quercus calliprinos Webb (10), Quercus ithaburensis Decne. (three), Quercus sp. (two), Salix sp., probably acmophylla Boiss, (four), Cupressus sempervirens L. (one), and Myrtus communis L. (one), and an unidentified dicotyledonous plant. These finds indicate that the Natufians used various local woody plants in their economy, in a Mediterranean climate similar to that of the present, during the closing stages of the Pleistocene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)391-396
Number of pages6
JournalNew Phytologist
Volume127
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1994
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Early Natufian
  • Israel
  • Late Pleistocene
  • Mount Carmel
  • wood

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Plant Science

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