The vertebrate fauna from the Natufian level at Jebel es-Saaïdé (Saaïdé II), Lebanon

• Published in: Paléorient
• Main Author: Churcher, Charles S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Maison René-Ginouvès 1994
• Subjects: Natufian; Neolithic; Vertebrate Fauna; Ecology; Saaïde IIBekaa Valley; Lebanon; Néolithique; Natoufien; Vertébrés; Ecologie; Saaïdé IIBequaa; Liban; envir; archeo; Otis; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.1994.960; https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1994_num_20_2_960

Vertebrate remains recovered from preliminary test trenching and pits in a Natufian habitation site named Saaïdé II, on the edge of Jebel es-Saaïdé, about 800 m northwest of Saaïdé, on the eastern slope of the Lebanon Mountains, indicate a mixed forest and savanna assemblage with some open water. Tw...