El-Wad Terrace is located in the Carmel Mountains and represents a long-term Natufian occupation. The site is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Nahal Me’arot. During recent excavations, several structures were found as well as bedrock features, burials and a high density of finds.


Relevant publications:
Groman-Yaroslavski, I., Rosenberg, D., Yeshurun, R., Kaufman, D., and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2016. The function of Early Natufian grooved artefacts from el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel: Preliminary results of a use-wear analysis. Journal of Lithic Studies 3(3): 221–242.

Rosenberg, D., Gluhak, T.M., Kaufman, D., Yeshurun, R.., and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2021. Exploring exchange and direct procurement strategies for Natufian food processing tools of el-Wad Terrace, Israel. Scientific Reports 11: 9480.

Rosenberg D., Kaufman D., Yeshurun R., and Weinstein-Evron M. 2012. The broken record: The Natufian ground stone assemblage from el-Wad Terrace (Mount Carmel, Israel) – attributes and their interpretation. Eurasian Prehistory 9(1–2): 93–128.

Weinstein-Evron, M., Kaufman, D., Bachrach, N., Bar-Oz, G., Bar-Yosef Mayer,
D., Chaim, S., Druck, D., Groman-Yaroslavski, I., Hershkovitz, I., Liber, N., Rosenberg, D., Tsatskin, A. and Weissbrod, L. 2007. After 70 Years: New Excavations at the el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 37:37–134.

Weinstein-Evron, M., Yeshurun, R., Ashkenzy, H., Chasan, R., Rosenberg, D., Bachrach, N., Boaretto, E., Caracuta, V., and Kaufman, D. After 80 years – Deeper in the Natufian layers of el-Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel. Journal of the Israel Prehistory Society 48: 6–61.

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