Stone vessels are known from the archaeological record of the Southern Levant since the Upper Palaeolithic, though these usually appear in small numbers until the onset of the Natufian culture. The PPNA (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, 11,700-10,500 cal. BP) 1 stone assemblage bears many similarities to its Natufian predecessors, but also presents several changes— amongst these is the appearance of meticulously shaped and finished limestone vessels, found mainly in PPNA sites in the Mediterranean eco-zone and less frequently in the more arid regions. This paper presents these vessels and their characteristics and argues that these usually shallow bowls and platters relate to the presentation and serving of foodstuffs in communities undergoing soci...
For many years archaeologists have understood that the development of storage systems is a major ste...
As new discoveries are made, the diet of the earliest agro-pastoral communities of the Mediterranean...
In the central and southern Levant, the sustained PPNB subsistence strategy of combined farming and ...
Stone vessels are known from the archaeological record of the Southern Levant since the Upper Palaeo...
The Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic transition (PPN to PN) in the Levant represents a key moment in...
Starting from 12000 BC. deep social, economic, technical and cultural mutations took place that will...
Food gathering and production are daily and fundamental activities for the reproduction and developm...
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic В (PPNB) and the Pottery Neolithic (PN) in the Levant, Syria and South-Eas...
Food and cooking practices are fundamental to the existence of human communities, having a direct im...
While the studies of Neolithic ceramic assemblages in the Near East have largely focused on the pott...
[EN] In the Near East, the Fertile Crescent was the area where the economic, social and ideological ...
We present the first analysis of a chipped stone assemblage recovered from the PPNA layers of el-Hem...
The widespread use of burnt lime products in the Neolithic villages of the Near East in the seventh ...
À partir de 12000 BC. se mettent en place au Proche-Orient de profondes mutations sociales, économiq...
The 1984 excavations in the South Field at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan, produced artifacts and features from...
For many years archaeologists have understood that the development of storage systems is a major ste...
As new discoveries are made, the diet of the earliest agro-pastoral communities of the Mediterranean...
In the central and southern Levant, the sustained PPNB subsistence strategy of combined farming and ...
Stone vessels are known from the archaeological record of the Southern Levant since the Upper Palaeo...
The Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic transition (PPN to PN) in the Levant represents a key moment in...
Starting from 12000 BC. deep social, economic, technical and cultural mutations took place that will...
Food gathering and production are daily and fundamental activities for the reproduction and developm...
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic В (PPNB) and the Pottery Neolithic (PN) in the Levant, Syria and South-Eas...
Food and cooking practices are fundamental to the existence of human communities, having a direct im...
While the studies of Neolithic ceramic assemblages in the Near East have largely focused on the pott...
[EN] In the Near East, the Fertile Crescent was the area where the economic, social and ideological ...
We present the first analysis of a chipped stone assemblage recovered from the PPNA layers of el-Hem...
The widespread use of burnt lime products in the Neolithic villages of the Near East in the seventh ...
À partir de 12000 BC. se mettent en place au Proche-Orient de profondes mutations sociales, économiq...
The 1984 excavations in the South Field at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan, produced artifacts and features from...
For many years archaeologists have understood that the development of storage systems is a major ste...
As new discoveries are made, the diet of the earliest agro-pastoral communities of the Mediterranean...
In the central and southern Levant, the sustained PPNB subsistence strategy of combined farming and ...