Knowra Epipalaeolithic Epipalaeolithic The Epipalaeolithic is a prehistoric period after the Upper Paleolithic and before the Neolithic, marked by hunter-gatherer cultures and regionally varying transitions to farming.
Upper Paleolithic : The final phase of the Paleolithic in Europe and neighboring regions, associated with anatomically modern humans and diverse stone-tool traditions. It precedes the Epipalaeolithic in the regional sequence.
Natufian culture : A Levantine Epipalaeolithic culture known for semi-sedentary settlements, intensive plant use, and distinctive stone architecture. It is a well-documented example of settled hunter-gatherers before farming became established.
Broad-spectrum revolution : A proposed shift toward exploiting a wider range of plants and animals near the end of the Pleistocene. It describes one change in food use documented at several Epipalaeolithic sites.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A : An early Neolithic phase in the southern Levant, marked by substantial settlements before pottery became common. It provides a nearby post-Epipalaeolithic comparison for settlement and food production.
Neolithic : A prehistoric period characterized in many regions by farming, herding, settled communities, and new technologies. It follows the Epipalaeolithic, though the transition was neither uniform nor immediate.
Kebaran culture : A Levantine Epipalaeolithic archaeological culture, known chiefly from microlithic stone tools and mobile hunter-gatherer sites. It illustrates an earlier Levantine tradition preceding the Natufian.
Microlith : A small, retouched stone tool commonly used as part of a composite implement. Microlithic technologies are characteristic of many Epipalaeolithic tool traditions.
Agricultural revolution : The long, uneven transition from foraging to economies based substantially on cultivated plants and domesticated animals. The phrase can suggest a sudden change, unlike the varied regional transitions visible across Epipalaeolithic communities.
Paleolithic : The earliest and longest period of human prehistory, defined by the use of chipped-stone tools. The Epipalaeolithic is a late regional phase within the broader Paleolithic sequence.
Zarzian culture : A late Paleolithic and Epipalaeolithic archaeological culture of the Zagros region, identified partly by microlithic tools. It shows that Epipalaeolithic trajectories extended beyond the Levant.
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