295 Investigations at Tor al-Tareeq: An Epipaleolithic Site in the Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan Michael E... more 295 Investigations at Tor al-Tareeq: An Epipaleolithic Site in the Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan Michael E Neeley Montana State University Bozeman, Montana Jane D. Peterson Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Geoffrey A. Clark Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona ...
Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens ... more Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens of sites in the highlands of west- central Jordan ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Aceramic Neolithic. Although most were deflated surface scatters, Middle, Upper and Epipalaeolithic open and rockshelter sites in the eastern end of the drainage associated with palaeo-Lake Hasa preserved stratigraphy and faunas rare for the region. In 1984–1993, G.A. Clark initiated a series of surveys and excavations at these and other, newly discovered sites that led to research on the early Upper Palaeolithic by Nancy Coinman and Deborah Olszewski (1998– 2000). Work by Zeljko Rezek continues at ‘Ain Difla, a Mous- terian rockshelter in the Wadi Ali (2010–). Here we summarize what we have learned from more than 30 years of research on Late Pleistocene forager adaptations to the highlands of west-central Jordan.
Quaternary of the Levant: Environments, Climate Change and Humans, 2017
Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens ... more Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens of sites in the highlands of west- central Jordan ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Aceramic Neolithic. Although most were deflated surface scatters, Middle, Upper and Epipalaeolithic open and rockshelter sites in the eastern end of the drainage associated with palaeo-Lake Hasa preserved stratigraphy and faunas rare for the region. In 1984–1993, G.A. Clark initiated a series of surveys and excavations at these and other, newly discovered sites that led to research on the early Upper Palaeolithic by Nancy Coinman and Deborah Olszewski (1998– 2000). Work by Zeljko Rezek continues at ‘Ain Difla, a Mous- terian rockshelter in the Wadi Ali (2010–). Here we summarize what we have learned from more than 30 years of research on Late Pleistocene forager adaptations to the highlands of west-central Jordan.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2004
... With early work at Jericho as a seminal starting point, much of what was known for many years... more ... With early work at Jericho as a seminal starting point, much of what was known for many years about the PPNB came from ... The various house complexes, made up of larger central rooms and smaller side rooms, are now joined together to form aggregate, pueblo-like complexes ...
... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... more ... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cul-tural Origins oflnca Sky Watching. Brian S. Bauer and David SP Dearborn. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.220 pp. ...
T he transition to settled, village farm life is accurately described as one of the most fundamen... more T he transition to settled, village farm life is accurately described as one of the most fundamental and far-reaching developments in the human career. Recent research highlights the complex cascade of factors that influenced the process and resulted in diverse regional trajectories for plant and animal domestication in the Near East. For each distinctive pathway, success in farming and animal husbandry would have been predicated on a group's ability to carry out novel sets of highly integrated tasks, to accommodate changes in population density and mobility, and to develop ideological structures that supported and sustained these developing socioeconomic changes. The archaeological challenge is how to reconstruct these aspects of social life from the sterile stone walls and ancient agricultural fields of early Neolithic sites. By examining the available evidence for men's and women's lives at these sites, we can gain insights into these realms (Peterson 2010). The Pre-Pottery Neolithic periods of the southern Levant have some of the earliest examples of domesticated crops and animals (table 1). The trajectory of domestication begins in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) when evidence for cultivation of wheat, barley, and pulses (peas and lentils) has been identified. Evidence for goat and sheep domestication is not clear cut until the Late PPNB, but many zooarchaeologists agree that herding likely began in the Middle PPNB. Reliance on domesticated animals increases throughout the Neolithic. While the economic importance of hunted species dwindled, wild game may have continued to play an important role in ceremonial contexts as documented by both faunal remains and iconographic evidence. By the Late Neolithic, pig and cattle are added to the suite of domestic animals.
295 Investigations at Tor al-Tareeq: An Epipaleolithic Site in the Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan Michael E... more 295 Investigations at Tor al-Tareeq: An Epipaleolithic Site in the Wadi el-Hasa, Jordan Michael E Neeley Montana State University Bozeman, Montana Jane D. Peterson Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Geoffrey A. Clark Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona ...
Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens ... more Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens of sites in the highlands of west- central Jordan ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Aceramic Neolithic. Although most were deflated surface scatters, Middle, Upper and Epipalaeolithic open and rockshelter sites in the eastern end of the drainage associated with palaeo-Lake Hasa preserved stratigraphy and faunas rare for the region. In 1984–1993, G.A. Clark initiated a series of surveys and excavations at these and other, newly discovered sites that led to research on the early Upper Palaeolithic by Nancy Coinman and Deborah Olszewski (1998– 2000). Work by Zeljko Rezek continues at ‘Ain Difla, a Mous- terian rockshelter in the Wadi Ali (2010–). Here we summarize what we have learned from more than 30 years of research on Late Pleistocene forager adaptations to the highlands of west-central Jordan.
Quaternary of the Levant: Environments, Climate Change and Humans, 2017
Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens ... more Beginning in the late 1970s, Burton MacDonald’s Wadi Hasa Sur- vey (1979–1983) identified dozens of sites in the highlands of west- central Jordan ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Aceramic Neolithic. Although most were deflated surface scatters, Middle, Upper and Epipalaeolithic open and rockshelter sites in the eastern end of the drainage associated with palaeo-Lake Hasa preserved stratigraphy and faunas rare for the region. In 1984–1993, G.A. Clark initiated a series of surveys and excavations at these and other, newly discovered sites that led to research on the early Upper Palaeolithic by Nancy Coinman and Deborah Olszewski (1998– 2000). Work by Zeljko Rezek continues at ‘Ain Difla, a Mous- terian rockshelter in the Wadi Ali (2010–). Here we summarize what we have learned from more than 30 years of research on Late Pleistocene forager adaptations to the highlands of west-central Jordan.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2004
... With early work at Jericho as a seminal starting point, much of what was known for many years... more ... With early work at Jericho as a seminal starting point, much of what was known for many years about the PPNB came from ... The various house complexes, made up of larger central rooms and smaller side rooms, are now joined together to form aggregate, pueblo-like complexes ...
... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... more ... Tucson: Univer-sity of Arizona Press, 1995. 310 pp. JAMES M. SKIBO Illinois State University ... Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cul-tural Origins oflnca Sky Watching. Brian S. Bauer and David SP Dearborn. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.220 pp. ...
T he transition to settled, village farm life is accurately described as one of the most fundamen... more T he transition to settled, village farm life is accurately described as one of the most fundamental and far-reaching developments in the human career. Recent research highlights the complex cascade of factors that influenced the process and resulted in diverse regional trajectories for plant and animal domestication in the Near East. For each distinctive pathway, success in farming and animal husbandry would have been predicated on a group's ability to carry out novel sets of highly integrated tasks, to accommodate changes in population density and mobility, and to develop ideological structures that supported and sustained these developing socioeconomic changes. The archaeological challenge is how to reconstruct these aspects of social life from the sterile stone walls and ancient agricultural fields of early Neolithic sites. By examining the available evidence for men's and women's lives at these sites, we can gain insights into these realms (Peterson 2010). The Pre-Pottery Neolithic periods of the southern Levant have some of the earliest examples of domesticated crops and animals (table 1). The trajectory of domestication begins in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) when evidence for cultivation of wheat, barley, and pulses (peas and lentils) has been identified. Evidence for goat and sheep domestication is not clear cut until the Late PPNB, but many zooarchaeologists agree that herding likely began in the Middle PPNB. Reliance on domesticated animals increases throughout the Neolithic. While the economic importance of hunted species dwindled, wild game may have continued to play an important role in ceremonial contexts as documented by both faunal remains and iconographic evidence. By the Late Neolithic, pig and cattle are added to the suite of domestic animals.
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