Finding of trout (Salmo cf. trutta) in the Northern Jordan Valley (Israel) at the end of the Pleistocene: Preliminary results

Aurélia Borvon; Anne Bridault; Rebecca Biton; Rivka Rabinovich; Marion Prevost; Hamudi Khalaily; François R. Valla

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.01.008

Finding of trout (Salmo cf. trutta) in the Northern Jordan Valley (Israel) at the end of the Pleistocene: Preliminary results

Aurélia Borvon, Anne Bridault, Rebecca Biton, Rivka Rabinovich, Marion Prevost, Hamudi Khalaily, François R. Valla

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

Tens of thousands of fish bones were recovered from the Final Natufian (Late Epipaleolithic) layer of the site of Eynan/Ain Mallaha (Northern Israel) dated to the end of the Pleistocene. Almost a hundred of them were attributed to a Salmoninae, most probably a trout Salmo cf. trutta. This is the southernmost attestation of a Salmo species in the Near East, past and present. It is suggested that trout were present locally as small populations at least at the end of the Pleistocene.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	59-64
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.01.008
State	Published - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords

Eynan/Ain Mallaha
Final Natufian
Hula Basin
Salmonidae
Southern Levant
Trout

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Finding of trout (Salmo cf. trutta) in the Northern Jordan Valley (Israel) at the end of the Pleistocene: Preliminary results

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