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Description
Excavations at the Neolithic site of Abu Ghosh in the Jerusalem Hills uncovered two periods: the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) and the Pottery Neolithic (PN). This volume documents the results of the excavations of villages of these two consecutive periods, including architecture, lithics, groundstone, pottery, small finds and fauna. The PPNB village comprised domestic structures, courtyards, plaster floors and enclosing fences. Domestic activities took place in the courtyards. The PN village layout is less clear, as it was dug into the earlier remains. The faunal analysis reveals evidence of incipient domestication of wild goats in the PPNB assemblage, and by the time of the PN village, domestic goats had become part of the village subsistence strategy.
EISBN
9789654065580
Publication Date
12-2003
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority
City
Jerusalem
Keywords
Pre-pottery Neolithic, Neolithic architecture, Neolithic flint, Neolithic burials, Neolithic fauna
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Khalaily, Hamoudi and Marder, Ofer, "The Neolithic Site Of Abu Ghosh" (2003). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 58.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69704/iaaRepV000.1996.58
https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/58
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