Kebaran culture

Kebaran
Geographical rangeLevant
PeriodUpper Paleolithic
Datesc. 23,000 – c. 15,000 BP
Type siteKebara Cave
Preceded byAhmarian
Levantine Aurignacian
Followed byNatufian culture
The Kebaran corresponds to the period of progressive warming at the end of the Pleistocene, which followed the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Climate and Post-Glacial expansion in the Near East, based on the analysis of Greenland ice cores.

The Kebaran culture, also known as the 'Early Near East Epipalaeolithic', is an archaeological culture of the Eastern Mediterranean dating to c. 23,000 to 15,000 Before Present (BP). Its type site is Kebara Cave, south of Haifa. The Kebaran was produced by a highly mobile nomadic population, composed of hunters and gatherers in the Levant and Sinai areas who used microlithic tools.