The Natufian culture (/ n ə ˈ t uː f i ə n / [1] nə-TOO-fee-ən) is a Late Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the prehistoric Levant in Western Asia, dating to around 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. [2]

Natufian culture, Mesolithic culture of Palestine and southern Syria dating from about 9000 bc. Mainly hunters, the Natufians supplemented their diet by gathering wild grain; they likely did not cultivate it.

The village was clearly Natufian. Nahal Ein Gev II was settled roughly 12 millennia ago by the Natufians of the Paleolithic era, who apparently lived at the site year-round.

The Natufian culture refers to mostly hunter-gatherers who lived in modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria approximately 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. Merging nomadic and settled lifestyles, they were among the first people to build permanent houses and cultivate edible plants.

2025年1月3日 · The Natufians were a prehistoric culture that existed in the Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon) from approximately 12,500 to 9,500 BCE. It existed during the transition from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the Neolithic (New Stone Age).

2024年5月24日 · Discovered during archaeological excavations in the early 20th century, the Natufians are a significant link in understanding human development, marking a crucial transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to more sedentary lifestyles.

The Natufian culture (/ nəˈtuːf i ən / nə-TOO-fee-ən) is a Late Epipaleolithic archaeological culture of the prehistoric Levant in Western Asia, dating to around 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. The culture was unusual in that it supported a sedentary or semi-sedentary population even before the introduction of agriculture.

The Natufians were mostly hunter-gatherers who lived in modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria approximately 15,000 to 11,500 years ago. Merging nomadic and settled lifestyles, they were among the first people to build permanent houses and cultivate edible plants.

2017年5月4日 · The Natufian culture is characterized by remarkable changes in subsistence, settlement, technology, social structure and ritual practice central to the transformation from Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherer to Neolithic agricultural communities.

The Natufian was defined by the British Archaeologist Dorothy Garrod. The sites of the Natufian culture are known primary from the Mediterranean region of the Levant and represent a transition stage between the life ways of the final hunter gatherers and the early agriculture societies.