The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan : Archaeological Survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and Al Bustan and Evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Site of WF16

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finlayson, Bill.

Contributor:

Mithen, Steven, 1960-

Council for British Research in the Levant, Content Provider.

Series:

Levant Supplementary Series

Levant Supplementary Series ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan.

Jordan--Antiquities.

Neolithic period--Jordan.

Neolithic period.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Jordan.

Local Subjects:

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan.

Jordan--Antiquities.

Neolithic period--Jordan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1047 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume provides a full report on the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site of WF16, southern Jordan. Very few sites of PPNA date have been excavated using modern methods, so this report makes a very significant contribution to our understanding of this period. Excavations have shown that the site contains a highly dynamic use of architecture, and the faunal assemblage reveals new information on the processes that lead to the domestication of the goat.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; List of Tables; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. The Dana-Faynan-Ghuwayr Early Prehistory Project; 1.1 Origin of the project; 1.2 The study area of the DFGEP and previous archaeological studies; 1.3 Research issues in early prehistoric Levantine archaeology; 1.3.1 The Palaeolithic: artefact variability and chronological succession; 1.3.2 The Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition; 1.3.3 Epipalaeolithic: industrial variability and settlement pattern

1.3.4 The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: origins and diversity1.4 The project programme; PART ONE - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 2. Long-term landscape evolution of the Wadis Dana, Faynan and Ghuwayr; 2.1 Purpose and objectives of the study; 2.2 The Dana-Ghuwayr catchment at the head of Wadi Faynan; 2.3 Rock types contributing to fluvial and slope sediments; 2.4 The surveyed area; 2.5 Methods employed; 2.6 Terrace surfaces and nomenclature; 2.7 Interpretation of the sequence of events; 2.8 Discussion; 3. Archaeological survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr, Dana and al-Bustan; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Wadi Faynan survey3.3 Wadi Ghuwayr survey; 3.4 Wadi Dana; 3.5 Wadi al-Bustan survey; 3.6 Summary and conclusions; 4. The rock art of WF400, Wadi Ghuwayr; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Rock art of WF400; 4.3 Comparisons with other rock art in Jordan and beyond; 4.4 Summary; 5. A comparative study of bifaces from Wadis Faynan and al-Bustan; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Artefact collections from Faynan and al-Bustan; 5.3 Typological comparisons; 5.4 Metric analysis; 5.5 Abrasion, patination and fractures; 5.6 Discussion: chronology, culture and raw materials; 5.7 Summary; PART TWO - EVALUATION OF SITE WF16

6. Excavations at WF166.1 Site discovery and excavation history; 6.2 Test-trench survey of WF16; 6.3 Excavation of Trench 1; 6.4 Excavation of Trench 2; 6.6 Summary; 7. The sediment micromorphology; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Sampling, preparation and method; 7.3 Results and discussion; 8. The chipped stone; 8.1 Summary of the assemblage; 8.2 Technology; 8.3 Typology; 8.4 Context analysis; 8.5 Comparison with PPNA assemblages of the Jordan valley; 8.6 Summary; 9. The use wear analysis of chipped stone points; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The sample; 9.3 Methodology

9.4 Recognising, classifying and interpreting wear traces9.5 Results; 9.6 Discussion; 9.7 Conclusion; 10. The worked bone; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The bone artefacts; 10.3 Discussion; 11. The ground stone; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Artefact descriptions; 11.3 Discussion; 11.4 Conclusion; 12. The stone beads; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Context; 12.3 Description; 12.4 Discussion; 12.5 Comparison with other PPNA sites; 13. The marine molluscs, with a note on an echinoid fossil and the terrestrial snails; 13.1 Methodology; 13.2 Malacological information; 13.3 Distribution by trench and context types

13.4 General discussion and conclusion

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ISBN:

1-78297-507-1

1-78297-505-5

OCLC:

881570288