... the proto-neolithic period (where barley and wheat become domesticated). : The Levant is the coastal plain along the Mediterranean: The western hills and mountains, and their steppe, the Rift system, incl. the Jordan River, continuing into the Jordanian-Syrian plateau. I will shortly mention the subjects of the Kebaran lifestyle A suggestion has been made that the sea-level of today is higher, than at the time of Kebaran. At least very few sites have been found, and one of the largest is even 200 m. below sea-level. The sites are small, about 100 m2, and with very few hearts. Only two sites show the sign of building structures, and they have obviously been settled for longer periods. There have been findings of stone mortars and stone slabs for the barley - and it might have been a gathered barley. At one of the larger sites (Ohalo II) there have also been found ...

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