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The oldest ever brush hut plant remains from Ohalo II, Jordan Valley, Israel (19,000 BP)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dani Nadel  and
Ella Werker
Dani Nadel
Affiliation:
Nadel, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Ella Werker
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Abstract

Detailed excavation and analysis of a brush hut from Ohalo II, Jordan Valley, Israel, provides an extraordinary view of camp construction 19,000 years ago. This report offers an important contribution to studies of Palaeolithic camp sites.

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IsraelEpipalaeolithicbrush hutplant remainsarchitecturecamp site

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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999 , pp. 755 - 764
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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