Description: The "Neolithic Revolution" in Southwestern Asia involved major transformations of economy and society that began during the Natufian period and continued through Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and into Pre-Pottery Neolithic B. The authors describe that process at Netiv Hagdud, with additional material from the Natufian site of Salibiya IX.
Brief description: Ofer Bar-Yosef is MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Emeritus, at Harvard University.