The sands of time
Subtitle: the desert Neolithic settlement at Ayn Abū Nukhayla
By: edited by Donald O. Henry, Joseph E. Beaver
Series: Bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis; Bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis
Publisher: Ex Oriente
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9783944178059
Subjects: Neolithic period; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities
Description: Part of the table of contents: Chapter 1. The Problems, Questions, and Getting the Answers / Chapter 2. Geology, Landforms, and Depositional Systems in Wadi Rum / Chapter 3. The Setting, Site Plan, Excavation Strategy, and Integration of Evidence / Chapter 4. The Stratigraphy, Occupational Phases, and Ch Tonometry / Chapter 5. The Built Environment: Architecture at Ayn Abu Nukhayla / Chapter 6. Hunting and Herding at Ayn Abu Nukhayla: The Vertebrate Faunal Assemblage / Chapter 7. Tracing Herding Patterns at Ayn Abu Nukhayla through Biogeochemical Analyses in Faunal Remains / Chapter 8. Establishing the Environment, Seasonality, and Economy from Plant Micro-Remains: Pollen and Starch / Chapter 9. Early Crop Cultivation and Caprine Herding: The Evidence from Phytolith and Fecal Spherulite Studies / Chapter 10. Archaeobotanical Finds from Ayn Abu Nukhayla.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-374).