Raqefet Cave

Raqefet Cave (Cyclamen Cave) is a Late Natufian archaeological site located in Mount Carmel in the north of Israel.

The site indicates plants were already used as food here before the advent of agriculture.

[2][3] The earliest archaeological evidence of fermentation consists of 13,000-year-old residues of a beer with the consistency of gruel, used by the semi-nomadic Natufians for ritual feasting, at the Raqefet Cave.

[4][5] Earlier levels at Raqefet include remains from the Levantine Aurignacian.

[7] In 2020, incised slabs were discovered at Raqefet Cave, with a human figure most likely shown as dancing.