Kebaran culture

Kebaran
	30,000~20,000 BP Yana; culture Mal'ta–; Buret'; culture Baradostian; culture Kebaran; culture Khormusan; culture Bhimbetka; caves Halfan; Culture Gravettian; culture Xianren Yuchanyan ◁ ▷ Location of the Kebaran culture, with main contemporary cultures
Geographical range	Levant
Period	Upper Paleolithic
Dates	c. 23,000 – c. 15,000 BP
Type site	Kebara Cave
Preceded by	Ahmarian; Levantine Aurignacian
Followed by	Natufian culture

The Kebaran culture, also known as the 'Early Near East Epipalaeolithic', was an archaeological culture in the Eastern Mediterranean area (c. 23,000 to 15,000 BP), named after its type site, Kebara Cave south of Haifa. The Kebaran were a highly mobile nomadic population, composed of hunters and gatherers in the Levant and Sinai areas who used microlithic tools.

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30,000~20,000 BP Yana culture Mal'ta– Buret' culture Baradostian culture Kebaran culture Khormusan culture Bhimbetka caves Halfan Culture Gravettian culture Xianren Yuchanyan ◁ ▷ Location of the Kebaran culture, with main contemporary cultures
Geographical range	Levant
Period	Upper Paleolithic
Dates	c. 23,000 – c. 15,000 BP
Type site	Kebara Cave
Preceded by	Ahmarian Levantine Aurignacian
Followed by	Natufian culture