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There are two main groups within the
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points are a characteristic feature of the industry, with the Harif point being both new and particularly diagnostic – Bar-Yosef (1998) suggests that it is an indication of improved hunting techniques. Lunates, isosceles and other triangular forms were backed with retouch, and some
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the Negev and features a greater number of lunates and triangles than points. These sites probably represent functional rather than chronological differences. The presence of
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61:8,800 BCE – 8,000 BCE
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691:Wadi Mataha
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660:Jebel Hamra
609:(WHNBS 242)
592:Kebara Cave
587:Kharaneh IV
373:20 November
317:Microlithic
222:Subatlantic
178:10.3†–9† ka
167:stages/ages
92:Pleistocene
76:Followed by
66:Preceded by
802:Categories
757:Shubayqa 6
752:Shubayqa 1
655:Neve David
618:Uwaynid 18
613:Uwaynid 14
607:Tor Sageer
348:References
153:Meghalayan
119:(official)
774:(Jericho)
732:Gilgal II
640:(WHS 784)
578:(WHS 618)
506:Mushabian
501:Nizzanian
313:(PPNA).
208:Subboreal
188:9–7.5† ka
174:Preboreal
747:Mureybet
722:Azraq 18
672:(WZ 200)
602:Ohalo II
542:Harifian
537:Natufian
511:Ramonian
470:Nebekian
450:Cultures
336:See also
275:Harifian
194:Atlantic
99:Holocene
33:Harifian
18:Harifian
547:Zarzian
521:Zarzian
480:Zarzian
475:Qalkhan
465:Kebaran
297:History
281:of the
216:2.5† ka
147:4.2† ka
145:(8.236–
762:Tabaqa
727:El Wad
696:WZ 148
648:Middle
597:KPS-75
516:Hamran
489:Middle
433:Middle
287:Israel
184:Boreal
134:8.236*
113:stages
48:Period
828:Negev
569:Early
561:Sites
458:Early
427:Early
330:Khiam
202:5† ka
130:11.7*
102:Epoch
58:Dates
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375:2019
117:ages
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