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to deal with the "urgent matter" of investigating the el-Mughara caves. Garrod directed large-scale excavations at El Wad for the next six years. She quickly recognised similarities between the stone tools found at El Wad and her previous excavations at Shuqba cave, naming the newly discovered
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to assess the area's archaeological value. Lambert's findings, especially the "sensational" discovery of a bone handle carved in the shape of an animal, "the first prehistoric work of art recorded from the Near East", established the scientific importance of the caves and prevented them being
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Weinstein-Evron, Mina; Kaufman, Daniel; Yeshurun, Reuven (2013). "Spatial
Organization of Natufian el-Wad through Time: Combining the Results of Past and Present Excavations". In Bar-Yosef, Ofer; Valla, François R. (eds.).
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WEINSTEIN-EVRON, MINA; KAUFMAN, DANIEL; BACHRACH, NOGA; BAR-OZ, GUY; MAYER, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF; CHAIM, SYLVIA; DRUCK, DOTAN; GROMAN-YAROSLAVSKI, IRIS; HERSHKOVITZ, ISRAEL; LIBER, NATALY; ROSENBERG, DANNY (2007).
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excavated a small area at the back of the cave that had not been removed by Garrod. Large-scale excavations of the terrace resumed in 1994, directed by
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Boyd, Brian (1999). "'Twisting the kaleidoscope': Dorothy Garrod and the 'Natufian
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Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel
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