Mushabian culture

Mushabian
Mushabian culture is located in Near East
Ramat Matred
Ramat Matred
Mushabian culture (Near East)
Map showing the approximate location of the Mushabian culture
Geographical rangeLevant
PeriodEpipaleolithic
Datesc. 14,000 – c. 12,500 BP[1]
Type siteWadi Mushabi
Preceded byIberomaurusian
Followed byNatufian culture
Mushabian culture microliths, Ramat Matred, circa 15500 BP

The Mushabian culture (alternately, Mushabi or Mushabaean) is an archaeological culture suggested to have originated among the Iberomaurusians in North Africa, though once thought to have originated in the Levant.[2][3]

  1. ^ Bar-Yosef, O., & Valla, F. (1990). The Natufian Culture and the Origin of the Neolithic in the Levant. Current Anthropology, 31(4), 433–436. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2743274
  2. ^ Levy, Thomas (1995-01-01). Arch Of Society. A&C Black. p. 161. ISBN 9780718513887.
  3. ^ Delson, Eric; Tattersall, Ian; Couvering, John Van; Brooks, Alison S. (2004-11-23). Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory: Second Edition. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781135582272.

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