Raqefet Cave is located in southeast Mount Carmel, Israel. It contains a long archaeological sequence with two major occupations: in the early Upper Paleolithic (Levantine Aurignacian culture, ca. 36,000–35,000 cal. BP) and the Late Epipaleolithic (Natufian culture, ca. 14,000–12,000 cal. BP). Abundant charred remains were found in the cave's deposits consisting of various species. Drawing on Δ¹³C values of dated Amygdalus sp. (almond) charcoal specimens, we sought to reconstruct Late Pleistocene precipitation patterns from a high-resolution archaeological record. The results produced the longest, single-site, plant-based paleoclimatic sequence in the southern Levant, and they generally correspond to other paleoclimatic proxies generated for the region. They indicate that the plant taxa and reconstructed precipitation levels were all in the range of modern eastMediterranean climate but with some notable fluctuations. Specifically, we highlight the rainfall differences between the dryer Levantine Aurignacian and the wetter Natufian cultures.

Raqefet Cave 位于以色列卡梅尔山东南部。它包含一个很长的考古序列，有两个主要职业：旧石器时代早期（Levantine Aurignacian 文化，大约 36,000-35,000 cal. BP）和旧石器时代晚期（Natufian 文化，大约 14,000-12,000 cal. BP）。在由各种物种组成的洞穴沉积物中发现了大量烧焦的残骸。绘制杏仁核的Δ ¹³ C 值sp. （杏仁）木炭标本，我们试图从高分辨率考古记录中重建晚更新世的降水模式。结果在黎凡特南部产生了最长的、单一地点的、以植物为基础的古气候序列，它们通常对应于为该地区产生的其他古气候代理。表明植物分类群和重建的降水量均在现代东地中海气候范围内，但有一些显着的波动。具体来说，我们强调了干燥的黎凡特 Aurignacian 和潮湿的 Natufian 文化之间的降雨差异。