Application of XRD and digital optical microscopy to investigate lapidary technologies in Pre-Pottery Neolithic societies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.005
Abstract: Abstract Beads were an important form of personal ornamentation in southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic societies and hold information on symbolic practices and exchange networks engaged by these communities. Establishing the exact mineralogical composition of stone… read more here.
Keywords: pre pottery; pottery neolithic; microscopy; xrd digital ... See more keywords
Heat treated or not heat treated: Archaeological and experimental interpretation of flint assemblage from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Yiftahel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102090
Abstract: Abstract Recent examination of the lithic assemblage from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (MPPNB, 10,100–9,250 BP cal.) layers of Yiftahel in the Lower Galilee, Israel, revealed a relatively large number of flint artifacts showing evidence of intentional… read more here.
Keywords: middle pre; pre pottery; heat treated; heat ... See more keywords
Geochemical and spectroscopic approach to the characterization of earliest cremated human bones from the Levant (PPNB of Kharaysin, Jordan)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102211
Abstract: Abstract Cremation is a widespread funerary practice that aims to burn the body and create a new appearance of human remains. It has been interpreted as a ritual transition that includes a sequence of acts… read more here.
Keywords: kharaysin; cremated human; pre pottery; human bones ... See more keywords
The significance of the morphometric and contextual variation in stone hewn mortars during the Natufian-PPNA transition in the southern Levant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.023
Abstract: Abstract Bedrock features such as hewn mortars and cup-marks are known around the world. In the Levant they first appear in Natufian sites in large numbers, a variety of types and contexts, including habitation sites… read more here.
Keywords: transition; transition southern; pre pottery; southern levant ... See more keywords
Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0762
Abstract: We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these… read more here.
Keywords: ancient dna; pottery neolithic; pottery; pre pottery ... See more keywords
Burying power: New insights into incipient leadership in the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic from an outstanding burial at Baʻja, southern Jordan
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221171
Abstract: In 2016, an extraordinary burial of a young adult individual was discovered at the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB, 7,500–6,900 BCE) settlement of Baʻja in southern Jordan. This burial has exceptional grave goods and an… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; pre pottery; power; southern jordan ... See more keywords
Kaizer Hill (Modi‘in), a pre-pottery neolithic a quarry site – the terraced slopes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265727
Abstract: The research of the Kaizer Hill site (the Hilltop and its Terraces), recognized as a Pre Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) quarry site, involved studies of the rock damage associated with the quarrying activities as well… read more here.
Keywords: pre pottery; quarry site; flint; pottery neolithic ... See more keywords
Nahal Yarmuth 38: a new and unique Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in central Israel
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DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.162
Abstract: Abstract The small, Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site (tenth millennium cal BP) of Nahal Yarmuth 38 in central Israel consists of a unique series of rectilinear structures with plastered floors, beneath which multiple interments were… read more here.
Keywords: nahal yarmuth; pre pottery; neolithic site; pottery neolithic ... See more keywords