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SUMMARY:Specialized aquatic animal exploitation at Nahal Ein Gev II\, Isra
 el and the division of labor at the Epipaleolithic-Neolithic crossroads - 
 Natalie Munroe\, University of Connecticut
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CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
DESCRIPTION:The Late Natufian site (ca. 12\,000 cal. BP) of Nahal Ein Gev 
 II located in the Upper Jordan Valley\, two km east of the Sea of Galilee\
 , was home to a large community situated at the crossroads between Epipale
 olithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic cultural traditions. It’s chronologica
 l position at the threshold of the Neolithic\, the expression of both Epip
 aleolithic and PPN traditions\, and it’s geographic setting in the produ
 ctive Jordan Valley\, reveals new aspects of the Late Natufian adaptation 
 and the transition to agriculture. Like other Natufian sites\, the faunal 
 assemblage from Nahal Ein Gev II differs substantially from preceding peri
 ods in the representation of a much wider array of animal species that ref
 lect increased sedentism and territoriality. Aquatic game was an important
  component of the prolific small game assemblage and reveals local adaptat
 ions\, as well important dimensions of economic and social life at this dy
 namic moment in time. A range of zooarchaeological analysis documents the 
 contribution of aquatic resources to human diets and butchery and transpor
 t strategies. The results show that the residents of Nahal Ein Gev II were
  highly selective of the aquatic resources they captured and transported h
 ome—they nearly exclusively chose the largest bodied species of fish and
  waterfowl and processed their carcasses before carrying them back to the 
 site. This selectivity provides a rare opportunity to investigate the orga
 nization of targeted resource forays. When combined with evidence from oth
 er material classes\, it is clear that aquatic resource exploitation is on
 ly one of several specialized activities like plaster and bead production\
 , practiced at Nahal Ein Gev II. This and archaeological evidence for task
  diversification foreshadows the emergence of a more complex division of l
 abor in the succeeding Neolithic period.
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