Naḥal Ef‘eh

In 2015, 2016 and 2018–2020, five excavation seasons were carried out at the site of Na h al Ef‘eh in the Negev Highlands (G-85/2015, G-93/2016, G-23/2018, G-40/2019, G-27/2020; map ref. 2142/5541; Fig. 1). The excavation, conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and funded by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 345/18) and CARE archaeological foundation , was directed by J. Vardi and F. Borrell (flints), with the assistance of E. Cohen-Sasson (administration), L. Edeltin, T. Goloubinoff, L. Teira, R. Lupo and R. Lavi (area supervision), L. Teira and J. Tapia (drafting and plans), E. Aladjem (surveying, RTK and photogrammetry), M. Birkenfeld (GIS), I. Milevski (stone tools), E. Boaretto (radiocarbon analysis), M. Ramsey (phytoliths), Y. Asscher (analytical laboratory), V. Caracuta (botany), C. Tornero (animal bones), L. Gourichon (avian bones), A. Burg and N. Morag (minerology) and J. Roskin (geomorphology and environmental research).