Oraf hearth and lake (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Oraf hearth and lake

Caption

Excavation of an ancient hearth at Jebel Oraf. Neolithic groups camped here alongside an ancient lakeshore, in some cases surviving through drought periods.

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Palaeodeserts Project

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