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  Ramat Matred Mushabian culture (Near East) Map showing the approximate location of the Mushabian culture | |
| Geographical range | Levant |
|---|---|
| Period | Epipaleolithic |
| Dates | c. 14,000 – c. 12,500 BP[1] |
| Type site | Wadi Mushabi |
| Preceded by | Iberomaurusian |
| Followed by | Natufian culture |
The Mushabian culture (alternately, Mushabi or Mushabaean) is an archaeological culture suggested to have originated among the Iberomaurusians in North Africa, though once thought to have originated in the Levant.[2][3]
- ^ Bar-Yosef, O., & Valla, F. (1990). The Natufian Culture and the Origin of the Neolithic in the Levant. Current Anthropology, 31(4), 433–436. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2743274
- ^ Levy, Thomas (1995-01-01). Arch Of Society. A&C Black. p. 161. ISBN 9780718513887.
- ^ Delson, Eric; Tattersall, Ian; Couvering, John Van; Brooks, Alison S. (2004-11-23). Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory: Second Edition. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781135582272.