Neolithic Symbolism At 'Ain Ghazal

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dc.creatorSchmandt-Besserat, Denise
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-31T19:40:51Z
dc.date.available2019-12-31T19:40:51Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description‘Ain Ghazal is a Neolithic site located near Amman, Jordan. It was excavated between 1982 and 1998 by an American-Jordanian team directed by Gary O. Rollefson, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wa. and Zeidan Kafafi, the University of Yarmouk at Irbid, Jordan. ‘Ain Ghazal was first settled about 7250 B.C., during the so-called Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period. In a matter of a few centuries the village of stone houses had spread over 30 acres along the Zarqa River. During a prosperous period when the mixed economy increasingly relied on farming, ca. 7250-6000 B.C., ‘Ain Ghazal witnessed what can be termed an explosion of symbolism. The site was abandoned in the Yarmoukian period ca. 5000 BC. The volume deals with the uniquely rich and varied ‘Ain Ghazal assemblage of symbols including tokens of many shapes, animal and human figurines, modeled human skulls, plaster statues and, mural and floor paintings.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe excavations at ‘Ain Ghazal produced a collection of eight types of symbols including tokens, animal and human figurines, statuettes, statues, modeled skulls, standing stones, and paintings. The rich assemblage is significant in three major ways: 1. It sheds light on Neolithic communication; 2. The evolution of symbolism can be studied in relation to the site extensive stratigraphy; 3. It brings attention to the dominance of anthropomorphic symbolism.en_US
dc.description.departmentArt and Art Historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/78824
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/5879
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEx Oriente
dc.relation.ispartofUT Faculty/Researcher Worksen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectsymbolismen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectNeolithicen_US
dc.subjectNear Easten_US
dc.subjectanthropocentricen_US
dc.titleNeolithic Symbolism At 'Ain Ghazalen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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