A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and …

The Neolithic period of the southern Levant was an era of tremendous change. Over the
course of the Neolithic, the gradual transition from foraging to agriculture involved not merely …

A comprehensive record of lake level changes in the Dead Sea has been reconstructed
using multiple, well dated sediment cores recovered from the Dead Sea shore. Interpreting …

" Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for
the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from …

Inundated archaeological sites dating from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Pottery Neolithic
periods have been exposed off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, mainly the northern …

In this paper, we present a history of pastoralism in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic
through the Bronze Age. We describe the accretional development of pastoral technologies …

Analysis of the form and style of the dancing scenes contributed to the field of dance history,
which, in studies of antiquity, usually concentrates on Greek vases. The history of dance has …

In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels
traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case …

IDENTIFYING THE TRACES OF VARIOUS TYPES of social organizations and institutions in
the archaeological residues by reference to those known to us from historical and …

The eyes are the most prominent feature of the Yarmukian anthropomorphic figurines. On
the clay figurines, they are the most prominent facial feature, their proportions exaggerated …