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Wadi Hammeh 27, an early Natufian settlement at Pella in Jordan /
Wadi Hammeh 27: an Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan is an integrated analysis of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in a 14,000-year-old hunter-gatherer settlement located in the east Jordan Valley.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 59. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contributors' biographies; Wadi Hammeh 27: An Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan; Acknowledgements; chapter one; 'SPRINGS, SWEET AND CLEAR': WADI HAMMEH 27 AND ITS ENVIRONS; Phillip C. Edwards; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Wadi Hammeh 27 in the Context of Previous Natufian Research; ; 1.3 Early Reports and Surveys of Wadi al-Hammeh; 1.4 The University of Sydney Investigations in Wadi al-Hammeh; 1.5 Procedure and Nomenclature; 1.6 Personnel; 1.7 Disposition of Wadi Hammeh 27 Materials; 1.8 Structure of the Report; chapter TWO.
- The Pella region: environment and resources in the terminal PleistocenePhillip C. Edwards; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Landscape and Environment of the Pella Region; 2.3 Geology and Geomorphology of the Pella Region; 2.4 Bountiful but Unstable: Southern Levantine Climate and Environment during the Early Natufian Period; 2.5 Was Wadi Hammeh 27 a Lakeside Site during the Terminal Pleistocene?; 2.6 Modern Flora and Fauna of the Pella Region; 2.7 Late Pleistocene Flora and Fauna of the Pella Region; 2.8 Mineral Resources of the Pella Region; 2.9 The Archaeological Heritage of the Pella Region.
- Chapter ThreeStratigraphy, chronology and taphonomy; Phillip C. Edwards; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Plateau Sequence beneath Wadi Hammeh 27; 3.3 The Natufian Clay; 3.4 The Plateau Slump Zone; 3.5 The Plateau Lag Surface above Wadi Hammeh 27; Sub-total; Sub-total; 3.6 Wadi Hammeh 27 Stratigraphic Data; 3.7 Wadi Hammeh 27 Stratigraphic Phases; 3.8 Phase 0; 3.9 Phase 1; 3.10 Vertical Extent of Occupation: The XX F Sondage; 3.11 Phase 2; 3.12 Phase 3; 3.13 Phase 4; 3.14 Continuity of Occupation in the XX F Sondage between Phases 1 and 4; 3.15 Site Formation Processes.
- 3.16 Stratigraphy of the Peripheral Plot XX M3.17 Stratigraphy of the Peripheral Plot XX N; 3.18 Radiocarbon Chronology; 3.19 Chronological Insights from Artefact Technology and Typology; chapter four; Architecture and settlement plan; Phillip C. Edwards; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Wadi Hammeh 27: Estimate of Site Area; 4.3 General Description of Architectural Structures; 4.4 Structure 1 and Its Interior Features; 4.5 Structure 1 and Its Exterior Features; 4.6 Structure 2 and Its Interior Features; 4.7 Exterior Surfaces between Structures 1 and 2; 4.8 Exterior Surfaces South of Structure 2.
- 4.9 The Disposition and Location of Hearths and Postholes4.10 Discussion and External Parallels; chapter five; Artefact discard patterns and activity areas; Phillip C. Edwards and Tania Hardy-Smith; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methodology of Analysis; ; 5.3 Wadi Hammeh 27 Artefact Distributions; 5.4 Distribution of Total Artefacts; 5.5 Flaked Stone (Flint) Artefacts; 5.6 Groundstone Artefacts; 5.6a Basaltic Artefacts; 5.6b Limestone Artefacts; 5.6c Siltstone Artefacts; 5.7 Bone Artefacts; 5.8 Red Ochre Fragments; 5.9 Yellow Ochre Fragments; 5.10 Faunal Remains; 5.11 Dentalium Shells.