Notes préliminaires sur les fouilles en cours sur la terrasse d'Hayonim

Authors:
  • FVF. R. Valla
    F. R. Valla
  • HPHugues Plisson
    Hugues Plisson
  • RCRamón Buxo i Capdevila
    Ramón Buxo i Capdevila
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Abstract
Excavations were resumed at Hayonim terrace in 1980. The uppermost structures are of Byzantine to Chalcolithic Age. Late Natufian layers were uncovered underneath. The remnants of a house and its surroundings, with one built pit, one large limestone mortar and two burials seem to pertain to the same stratigraphie horizon. Some wild barley was found associated with the fill of this occupation level. Among other structures, still of Late Natufian time but stratigraphically more recent, was part of an accumulation of material which could be an «occupation floor». According to preliminary microwear analysis the flints' surfaces are very fresh and indicate an in-situ deposit.