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Figure 5

From: Mapping Post-Glacial expansions: The Peopling of Southwest Asia

Figure 5

(A) Reconstructed air temperatures from the GISP 2 Ice core in Greenland (blue solid line); Isotope values from Soreq cave, Israel (orange dotted line). (B) Chronology of cultural entities in the Levant. (C) Archaeological evidence of human activities in the Upper Paleolithic; human occupation signs 29–15.2 ka, wood charcoal, nuts 15.9–11.2 ka, ▲centers of obsidian trade 16–14 ka. (D) Evidence of human activities in the Neolithic; plant domestication 12.5–9.6 ka, human occupation signs 11.9–5 ka, animal domestication, charred plants, agriculture and charcoal 10.2–7.3 ka. (Base map constructed from Map data: Google, Digital Globe, https://earth.google.com).

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