Hilazon Tachtit

Hilazon Tachtit

Situs in Israële septentrionali

Hilazon Tachtit est spelunca in Galilaea Israëlis septentrionalis et locus archaeologicus. Ibi sepulturae hominum ad minimum 25 culturae Natufii aevi Epipalaeolithici repertae sunt separatimque sepultura curiosissima mulieris parvae claudicantis, annum aetatis fere quintum et quadragesimum agentis, quae samanaeam fuisse censetur. Iuxta eam patera basaltica fracta posita erat. Circa ordinatae erant testudines fractae speciei Testudo graeca quinqueginta necnon ossa, ala una speciei Aquila chrysaetos, os pelvis Panthera pardus, capita duo Martes foina, cauda Bos primigenius, pes prior Sus scrofa, cornu dorcadis, conchae Cerastoderma tres, pes humanus.

Bibliographia

• Michael Balter, "Ancient Grave May Have Belonged to Shaman" in Science (3 Novembris 2008)
• Leore Grosman, Natalie D. Munro, Anna Belfer-Cohen, "A 12,000-year-old Shaman burial from the southern Levant (Israel)" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 105 (2008) pp. 17665–17669
• Natalie D. Munro, "Epipaleolithic Subsistence Intensification in the Southern Levant: The Faunal Evidence" in M. J. Richards, J.-J. Hublin, edd., The Evolution of Hominin Diets (Springer, 2009) pp. 141-155
• Sven Stockrahm, "Das Grab der Voodoo-Priesterin" in Zeit Online (13 Februarii 2009)
• Ishaan Tharoor, "12,000-Year-Old Shaman Unearthed in Israel" in Time (11 Novembris 2008)