Wadi Hammeh 27, an Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9789004236103
Subjects: Excavations (archaeology); Asia, antiquities
Description: This book is a detailed report on one of the most important Natufian sites to have emerged in the past thirty years and an integrated analysis and interpretation of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in one of the world's earliest village communities. The 14,000-year-old settlement of Wadi Hammeh 27 is one of the most spectacular sites of its kind, featuring the largest, most complex pre-Neolithic architectural complex yet discovered in the Middle East, an unparalleled series of artefact caches and activityareas, and a rich corpus of late Ice Age art pieces.