Table 2 Types of finds and represented periods of human activity in the studied caves.

Cave		Har Sifsof	Te’omim	Pitriya	Murabba’at 2	Pool	Sela'	Tzruya	Horror	Ureideh	Skulls	Qina	Hemar
Artifacts made of inorganic materials	Groundstone (limestone, basalt)	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Flint	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Bead (minerals)	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+
	Pottery	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Metal (mainly copper- and iron-based)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+
	Glass		+		+	+	+		+		+
Artifacts and ecofacts made of organic materials preserved in most archaeological contexts	Charred botanical remains	+	+		+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+
	Shell	+	+				+	+		+	+	+	+
	Skeletal remains (human, fauna)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Bone, ivory	+	+		+	+		+	+		+	+	+
Organic artifacts and ecofacts preserved under special conditions	Wood, reed (uncharred)				+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+
	Seed, fruit (uncharred)				+	+		+	+	+	+		+
	Rope, basketry				+	+		+	+		+	+	+
	Papyrus				+	+			+		+
	Textile				+	+		+	+		+	+	+
	Hide, skin				+	+		+	+		+	+	+
	Hair							+	+		+
Occupation periods	Epi-Paleolithic (23,000–11,500 BP)				?		+			+
	Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500–6500 BCE)				?	+	+			+			+
	Pottery Neolithic (6500–4500 BCE)	+	+		+	+			?
	Late Chalcolithic (4500–3700 BCE)		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	?
	Early Bronze Age (3700–2450 BCE)		+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+	+
	Intermediate Bronze Age (2450–1950 BCE)		+	+
	Middle and Late Bronze Age (1950–1140 BCE)		+		+		+				+
	Iron Age (1140–586 BCE)		+		+	+	+
	Persian-Hellenistic (586–63 BCE)		+		+		?
	Roman-Byzantine (63 BCE–628 CE)	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
	Islamic (628–1917 CE)		+		+		?					+

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