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There’s an archaeological site in Northern Israel, situated on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee and it’s one of the most fascinating and important ancient sites that hardly anyone has ever heard of.
It’s one of the best-preserved hunter-gatherer sites of the Last Glacial Maximum, yes, we’re talking about a site 23,000 years old.
It’s called Ohalo II, and it wasn’t a mere seasonal camp, it was a permanent settlement, occupied throughout the year – and for many generations, which, in the current state of knowledge, is somewhat unique for a site so old.
But it’s what was discovered at the site that makes it so incredible. It contains two things that today, with the current level of research, can be called the ‘world’s oldest’.
Firstly, it has the world’s oldest brush dwellings, but also, and most importantly, it contains evidence of the world’s oldest small-scale plant cultivation, some 11,000 years before the onset of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent.
Watch this video to learn more about Ohalo II, a settlement 11,000 years older than Göbekli Tepe, and the evidence for ice age farming - and planting the seeds of civilization.
All images are taken from the below sources, Google Images and Google Earth for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Contents:
0:00 Introduction to Ohalo II
2:18 Archaeology of Ohalo II
6:14 The Ohalo II Settlement
12:00 World's First Cultivation of Plants
12:17 Proto-Weeds Discovery
13:45 Wild and Domestic Crops
15:20 Stone Sickles
16:29 Life After Ohalo II
18:43 Conclusion
Link to the Joe Rogan Podcast 2136: youtube.com/watch?v=-DL1_EMIw6w&t=11067s
Sources:
cambridge.org/core/books/abs/quaternary-of-the-levant/ohalo-ii-a-23000yearold-fisherhuntergatherers-camp-on-the-shore-of-fluctuating-lake-kinneret-sea-of-galilee/C0E3EF4821A0C0E49B53F757D6F0C2EB
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131422#:~:text=Proto%2Dweed%20species%20from%20Ohalo,current%20weeds%20in%20cultivated%20fields.&text=The%20presence%20of%20such%20a,wheat%2C%20and%20wild%20oat).
cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/oldest-ever-brush-hut-plant-remains-from-ohalo-ii-jordan-valley-israel-19000-bp/77EFA5DCFF663BE7F2180FA5CBFFCDEE
researchgate.net/publication/262726566_CONTINUITY_AND_CHANGE_THE_OHALO_II_AND_THE_NATUFIAN_DWELLING_STRUCTURES_JORDAN_VALLEY_ISRAEL
researchgate.net/publication/262726770_Residence_Ownership_and_Continuity_From_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_into_the_Neolithic
https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1994_num_20_1_4605
researchgate.net/publication/262726788_Broken_mammal_bones_taphonomy_and_food_sharing_at_the_Ohalo_II_submerged_prehistoric_camp
library.biblicalarchaeology.org/book/the-new-encyclopedia-of-archaeological-excavations-in-the-holy-land/ohalo-ii
journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1646/2317
researchgate.net/publication/247952302_The_Avifauna_of_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_site_of_Ohalo_II_19_400_years_BP_Israel_Species_Diversity_Habitat_and_Seasonality
novoscriptorium.com/2019/08/31/ohalo-ii-site-israel-cultivation-and-proto-weeds-in-galilee-23000-years-ago
researchgate.net/publication/262726770_Residence_Ownership_and_Continuity_From_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_into_the_Neolithic
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262434
europepmc.org/article/med/15090648
johncwillman.weebly.com/blog/intentional-dental-modification-at-ohalo-ii
timesofisrael.com/ancient-weeds-hint-that-farming-may-have-roots-in-israel
researchgate.net/publication/284099430_The_Ohalo_II_flint_assemblage_and_the_beginning_of_the_Epipaleolithic_in_the_Jordan_Valley
facebook.com/watch/?v=593127158251495
#ancientarchitects #iceage #2136
There’s an archaeological site in Northern Israel, situated on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee and it’s one of the most fascinating and important ancient sites that hardly anyone has ever heard of.
It’s one of the best-preserved hunter-gatherer sites of the Last Glacial Maximum, yes, we’re talking about a site 23,000 years old.
It’s called Ohalo II, and it wasn’t a mere seasonal camp, it was a permanent settlement, occupied throughout the year – and for many generations, which, in the current state of knowledge, is somewhat unique for a site so old.
But it’s what was discovered at the site that makes it so incredible. It contains two things that today, with the current level of research, can be called the ‘world’s oldest’.
Firstly, it has the world’s oldest brush dwellings, but also, and most importantly, it contains evidence of the world’s oldest small-scale plant cultivation, some 11,000 years before the onset of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent.
Watch this video to learn more about Ohalo II, a settlement 11,000 years older than Göbekli Tepe, and the evidence for ice age farming - and planting the seeds of civilization.
All images are taken from the below sources, Google Images and Google Earth for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Contents:
0:00 Introduction to Ohalo II
2:18 Archaeology of Ohalo II
6:14 The Ohalo II Settlement
12:00 World's First Cultivation of Plants
12:17 Proto-Weeds Discovery
13:45 Wild and Domestic Crops
15:20 Stone Sickles
16:29 Life After Ohalo II
18:43 Conclusion
Link to the Joe Rogan Podcast 2136: youtube.com/watch?v=-DL1_EMIw6w&t=11067s
Sources:
cambridge.org/core/books/abs/quaternary-of-the-levant/ohalo-ii-a-23000yearold-fisherhuntergatherers-camp-on-the-shore-of-fluctuating-lake-kinneret-sea-of-galilee/C0E3EF4821A0C0E49B53F757D6F0C2EB
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131422#:~:text=Proto%2Dweed%20species%20from%20Ohalo,current%20weeds%20in%20cultivated%20fields.&text=The%20presence%20of%20such%20a,wheat%2C%20and%20wild%20oat).
cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/oldest-ever-brush-hut-plant-remains-from-ohalo-ii-jordan-valley-israel-19000-bp/77EFA5DCFF663BE7F2180FA5CBFFCDEE
researchgate.net/publication/262726566_CONTINUITY_AND_CHANGE_THE_OHALO_II_AND_THE_NATUFIAN_DWELLING_STRUCTURES_JORDAN_VALLEY_ISRAEL
researchgate.net/publication/262726770_Residence_Ownership_and_Continuity_From_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_into_the_Neolithic
https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1994_num_20_1_4605
researchgate.net/publication/262726788_Broken_mammal_bones_taphonomy_and_food_sharing_at_the_Ohalo_II_submerged_prehistoric_camp
library.biblicalarchaeology.org/book/the-new-encyclopedia-of-archaeological-excavations-in-the-holy-land/ohalo-ii
journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1646/2317
researchgate.net/publication/247952302_The_Avifauna_of_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_site_of_Ohalo_II_19_400_years_BP_Israel_Species_Diversity_Habitat_and_Seasonality
novoscriptorium.com/2019/08/31/ohalo-ii-site-israel-cultivation-and-proto-weeds-in-galilee-23000-years-ago
researchgate.net/publication/262726770_Residence_Ownership_and_Continuity_From_the_Early_Epipalaeolithic_into_the_Neolithic
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262434
europepmc.org/article/med/15090648
johncwillman.weebly.com/blog/intentional-dental-modification-at-ohalo-ii
timesofisrael.com/ancient-weeds-hint-that-farming-may-have-roots-in-israel
researchgate.net/publication/284099430_The_Ohalo_II_flint_assemblage_and_the_beginning_of_the_Epipaleolithic_in_the_Jordan_Valley
facebook.com/watch/?v=593127158251495
#ancientarchitects #iceage #2136
