| a 12,000-year-old shaman burial from the southern levant (israel). | the natufians of the southern levant (15,000-11,500 cal bp) underwent pronounced socioeconomic changes associated with the onset of sedentism and the shift from a foraging to farming lifestyle. excavations at the 12,000-year-old natufian cave site, hilazon tachtit (israel), have revealed a grave that provides a rare opportunity to investigate the ideological shifts that must have accompanied these socioeconomic changes. the grave was constructed and specifically arranged for a petite, elderly, a ... | 2008 | 18981412 |