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Shubayqa 6: a new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan

Richter, Tobias, Arranz-Otaegui, Amaia, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Bocaege, Emmy, Estrup, Erin, Martinez-Gallardo, Cesar, Pantos, George Alexis, Pedersen, Patrick, Sæhle, Ingeborg, Yeomans, Lisa and others. (2016) Shubayqa 6: a new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan. Antiquity, 90 (354). e2. ISSN 0003-598X. (doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.182) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:70055)

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Abstract

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA; c. 9600–8500 cal BC) period in the Levant provides the earliest confirmed evidence for plant cultivation anywhere in the world, marking a significant escalation in the human management of plants towards fully fledged agricultural food production. Until now, the majority of PPNA sites have been documented in the Jordan Valley, the Wadi Araba and farther north along the Upper Euphrates (e.g. Mureybet, Jerf el-Ahmar, Djade). By contrast, few PPNA sites have so far been reported from the semi-arid to arid eastern part of the Levantine interior. Among these is El Aoui Safa (Coqueugniot & Anderson 1996) and sporadic flint scatters elsewhere in the Harra. Recent fieldwork in the Qa’ Shubayqa area in the Harra has produced the first evidence for a more substantial settlement site in this region.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.15184/aqy.2016.182
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Alexandra Leduc-Pagel
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2018 09:26 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 12:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/70055 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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