Fig 1.
Location map of Ohalo II and central area of excavation at the site.
Table 1.
Main edible annual plant species from Ohalo II.
Table 2.
Proto-weed species from Ohalo II: current weeds in cultivated fields.
Fig 2.
Wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum).
(A) Wild barley field in Yakum Park (32° 14′ 50.28″ N, 34° 50′ 33″ E. March 18, 2013). It grows here with other species such as Galium aparine, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Notobasis syriaca, and Anthemis sp. (B) Same field, showing wild barley at three ripening stages – green, green-yellow and yellow.
Fig 3.
Wild-type (left) and domestic-type (right) scars in rachises of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum) from Ohalo II.
Fig 4.
The sickle blade from Ohalo II.
(A) Macrograph of the sickle blade. (B) Micrograph showing the use-wear polish produced by cereal harvesting, observed along the sharp edge of the blade (original magnification 200x). (C) Micrograph showing hafting wear including streaks of polish associated with rounding observed along the opposite edge (original magnification 100x).