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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Levant supplementary series ; volume 13
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Levant supplementary series ; volume 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Field research on the Epipalaeolithic; 1.3 Field research on the Neolithic; 1.4 The Azraq Basin Project; 1.5 Structure of Volume 1; Section A: Project Background; 2 The environmental context; 2.1 Present environment of Azraq Basin; 2.2 Pleistocene and early Holocene environments of the Azraq Basin; 2.3 Pleistocene and early Holocene environments in the Levant; 3 History of investigations, survey results and excavation strategy. |
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3.1 Field research in the Azraq Basin prior to 19753.2 Field research in the Azraq Basin post-1975; 3.3 The Azraq Basin Project; 3.4 Aims and methods of the archaeological survey; 3.5 The results of the archaeological survey; 3.6 The archaeological sounding programme; 3.7 The archaeological excavation programme; 3.8 Soundings and excavations at sites from other time periods; 3.9 Other associated surveys; 4 Geological context and stratigraphy of Late Palaeolithic sites; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Stratigraphy and sedimentological analyses; 4.3 Wadi Jilat sites; 4.4 Wadi Uwaynid sites. |
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4.5 Azraq sites4.6 Valley alluviation in Wadi Jilat; 4.7 The geomorphology of Qa Azraq; 4.8 Event correlation in the Azraq Basin; Section B: The Late Palaeolithic -- Geological Context; 5 Research strategy and analytical approach to chipped stone assemblages from Azraq Basin; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Approaches to elucidating reduction strategies; 5.3 Tool typologies and analysis of retouched pieces; 5.4 Sampling methods used at each site; Section C: The Late Palaeolithic -- Chipped Stone Assemblages; 6 Chipped stone assemblages from the Jilat sites; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Wadi Jilat 9. |
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6.3 Wadi Jilat 66.4 Wadi Jilat 28; 6.5 Wadi Jilat 10; 6.6 Wadi Jilat 22; 6.7 Wadi Jilat 8; 7 Chipped stone assemblages from the Uwaynid and Azraq sites; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Uwaynid 18; 7.3 Uwaynid 14; 7.4 Azraq 32; 7.5 Azraq 17; 7.6 Azraq 18; 8 Intersite comparisons and overall trends among the Azraq Basin assemblages; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Using surface collections to predict subsurface assemblages; 8.3 Chronological framework; 8.4 Reduction strategies; 8.5 Tool blank selection; 8.6 Tool types: their fabrication and use; 8.7 Overall technological and typological trends. |
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9 Regional patterns in Late Palaeolithic chipped stone production and technology in the Levant9.1 Nomenclature for classifying chipped stone industries; 9.2 Chronometric dating of the assemblages; 9.3 Interpreting the Azraq Basin record; 9.4 Summary; Appendices; A List of team members and sponsors of Azraq Field seasons; B Locus sheet used in 1988-89 excavation seasons; C Chipped stone artefact classification; D Debitage analysis form; E Core analysis form; F Microburin analysis form; G Tool analysis form; H Tool classes. |
| Summary |
The natural arc of resource-rich land which forms the 'Fertile Crescent' of South-West Asia is regarded as the earliest centre of village-based farming in the world and has been the focus of much of our understanding of the transition from Epipalaeolithic hunter-gathers to Neolithic farmers. Beyond the Fertile Crescent is the first volume of the Azraq Project, a large-scale archaeological and palaeoenvironmental survey and excavation project undertaken between 1982 and 1989 in the ecologically diverse sub-region of the Azraq Basin in north-central Jordan: an area rich in Palaeolithic and Neoli. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paleolithic period -- Jordan -- Azraq Basin.
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Paleolithic period. |
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Jordan -- Azraq Basin. |
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Neolithic period -- Jordan -- Azraq Basin.
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Neolithic period. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jordan -- Azraq Basin.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Azraq Basin (Jordan) -- Antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garrard, Andrew N. Beyond the fertile crescent. Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, The Counsel for British Research in the Levant, and the David Brown Book Company, 2013 9781842178331 (DLC) 2013030281 |
| ISBN |
9781782970088 (electronic book) |
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1782970088 (electronic book) |
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9781782970064 (electronic book) |
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1782970061 (electronic book) |
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1782970061 |
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9781782970071 |
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178297007X |
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9781842178331 |
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