Natufian culture

Japanese: ナトゥフ文化 - ナトゥフぶんか(英語表記)Natufian culture
Natufian culture
The Mesolithic culture of Palestine. It is found mainly along the Mediterranean coast of Israel and Syria and in the Jordan Valley, but recent research has confirmed that it extended to the southern desert and the Euphrates River area. In 1928, British archaeologist D. Garrod investigated the Shuqba Cave in the Wadi el-Natuf Valley northwest of Jerusalem, and named the Mesolithic culture he discovered, centered on microliths, the Natufian culture. It is believed that people of this period lived in caves and pit dwellings, engaged in hunting and fishing, and lived a life dependent on wild grains before agriculture. Some say that agriculture had already begun because grass fibers were found on the blades of sickles discovered, but this is doubted.

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Japanese:
パレスチナの中石器文化。主としてイスラエル,シリアの地中海沿岸とヨルダン渓谷に分布するが,近年の調査により,南部の砂漠地帯やユーフラテス川周辺にまで広がっていたことが確認されている。 1928年イギリスの考古学者 D.ギャロッドがエルサレム北西方のワディ・エ・ナトゥフ河谷のシュクバ洞窟を調査し,そこで発見した細石器を中心とする中石器文化をナトゥフ文化と命名した。この時代には,洞窟のほか竪穴住居に住み,狩猟,漁労が行われ,農耕以前の野生穀物依存の生活が営まれていたと推測されている。発見された鎌の刃から草の繊維がみられるため,すでに農耕が始っていたとする説もあるが,疑問視されている。

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