Tahunian
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.7|Object said to be "the oldest sickle", flint and resin, Tahunian culture, c. 7000 BC, [[Nahal Hemar Cave. Israel Museum.]]
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thumb|upright=1.7|Object said to be "the oldest sickle", flint and resin, Tahunian culture, c. 7000 BC, [[Nahal Hemar Cave. Israel Museum.]]
The Tahunian is variously referred to as an archaeological culture, flint industry and period of the Natufian Stone Age around Wadi Tahuna near Bethlehem. It was discovered and termed by Denis Buzy during excavations in 1928.
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