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Tables of Contents for Life in Neolithic Farming Communities
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PART I. INTRODUCTION
Life in Neolithic Farming Communities: An Introduction
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Ian Kuijt
Introduction
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2
The Near Eastern Neolithic: Regional Chronology Frameworks
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5
Summary
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1
References
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8
PART II. REGIONAL ISSUES, SETTLEMENT PRACTICES, AND SEDENTISM
Early Sedentism in the Near East: A Bumpy Ride to Village Life
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Anna Belfer-Cohen
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Introduction
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2
The Natufian (12,800--10,300 bp)
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7
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period (10,300--9,300 bp)
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5
References
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6
Hallan Cemi and Early Village Organization in Eastern Anatolia
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24
Michael Rosenberg
Richard W. Redding
Introduction
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Organizational Complexity and Sedentary Societies
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Hallan Cemi: An Overview
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5
Community Organization
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Symbolism and Organization
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3
Summary
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References
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5
Households in Transition: Neolithic Social Organization within Southwest Asia
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Brian F. Byrd
Introduction
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2
Definitions and Approach of the Study
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Archaeological Data
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Diachronic Trends in the Archaeological Record
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3
Interpretation
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Domestic Building Sizes and Implications for Household Sizes
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Other Factors Affecting Domestic Building Size and Organization
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Discussion
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References
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PART III. ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS: MORTUARY RITUAL, SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION, AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS
The Quick and the Dead: The Social Context of Aceramic Neolithic Mortuary Practices as Seen from Kfar Hahoresh
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Nigel Goring-Morris
Introduction
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4
Kfar HaHoresh
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General Observations on Terminal Pleistocene-Early Holocene Mortuary Practices
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Ritual Centers, Burial Grounds, and Cemetery Sites
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Monitoring Burials
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Human and Animal Burials
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Ranking as Indicated by Skull Removal and Further Treatment
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Favissae as Repositories for Modeled Skulls
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Use of Lime Plaster to Integrate Profane and Symbolic Realms
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Early Holocene Ritual and Mortuary Practices in Levant
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Codification of Funerary Practices through Time
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Concluding Remarks
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2
References
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Keeping the Peace: Ritual, Skull Caching, and Community Integration in the Levantine Neolithic
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Ian Kuijt
Introduction
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Ritual Practices in the MPPNB: Shated Themes and Numeric Standazdization
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3
Secondary Mortuary Rituals and Community Identity
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Social Impact of MPPNB Secondary Mortuary Practices
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Decapitation as a Common Theme: Skull Removal and Anthropomorphic Figurines
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Large Anthropomorphic Statue Caches
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Numerical Organization of MPPNB Ritual Caches
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Skull and Statue Caching: Implications for the Scale of Social Action
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Social Differentiation in the MPPNB
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Conclusion and Implications
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References
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3
Ritual and Social Structure at Neolithic 'Ain Ghazal
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Gary O. Rollefson
Introduction
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4
Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (MPPNB)
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Animal and Human Figurines
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Human Burials and Skull Caching
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2
Lime Plaster Statuary
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Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (LPPNB)
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LPPNB Ritual Structures
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period (PPNC)
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3
Human Burials
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The PPNC Temple or Sanctuary
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Yarmukian
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The ``Public Building''
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MPPNB and LPPNB Ritual and Social Structure
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PPNC and Yarmukian Ritual and Social Structure
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Concluding Remarks
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References
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3
Is Size Important? Function and Hierarchy in Neolithic Settlements
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Frank Hole
Introduction
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What Is Large?
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2
Archaeological Data Sets
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Bouqras
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3
Abu Hureyra
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Cayonu
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2
Nevali Cori
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'Ain Ghazal
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1
Beidha
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Conclusions
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3
References
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4
Villages on the Edge: Regional Settlement Change and the End of the Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic
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Alan H. Simmons
Introduction
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The Neolithic in the Levant
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Chronology and Phasing
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1
The Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic
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1
The Late Neolithic in Eastern Jordan: A Tentative Scenario
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Paleoecological Perspective
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A Speculative Model of Social Implications
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Aggregation into Large Regional Centers
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Disharmony During the PPNC
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The Solution: The return to Tribal Society and Consequent Social Fragmentation
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Conclusions
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References
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PART IV. SOCIAL RELATIONS AND MATERIAL CULTURE: SYMBOLISM AND MEANING
The Symbolic Foundations of the Neolithic Revolution in the Near East
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Jacques Cauvin
Introduction
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5
The Advent of Divinities
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The Ascendancy of Masculine Symbols and the Neolithic Triumphant
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5
Conclusions
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References
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4
Catal Hoyuk in Context: Ritual at Early Neolithic Sites in Central and Eastern Turkey
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Mary M. Voigt
Introduction
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2
Defining Archaeological Context: Hajji Firuz Tepe
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Nature of the Hajji Firuz Sample
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Figurine Form: Application of the Ucko Typology
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Figurine Use and Disposal Patterns
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Magic and Meaning: Gritille Hoyuk
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The Gritille Figurine Sample
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Interpretation of the Gritille Figurines
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3
Figures and Architecture in the Taurus PPNB
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The Nevali Cori Cult Buildings
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Sculptures and Iconography at Nevali Cori
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3
Gobekli Tepe: Sculpted Reptiles on the Urfa Plain
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Public Buildings and Mortuary Practices at Cayonu Tepesi
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Catal Hoyuk: The Myth of the Goddess Revisited
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Figurine Form, Context, and Function at Catal
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Male or Female or Both?
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A Religious Revolution
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An Eastern Perspective
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References
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The Pottery Neolithic Period: Questions about Pottery Decoration, Symbolism, and Meaning
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Estelle Orrelle
Avi Gopher
Introduction
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The Yarmukian Culture
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1
The Wadi Raba Culture
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Symbolic Assemblages of the Pottery Neolithic
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3
Yarmukian Pottery, Imagery, and Interpretations
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Wadi Raba Pottery, Imagery, and Interpretations
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Discussion
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4
Organization of Design Space on Vessels
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3
Death and Ancestors in the Pottery Neolithic
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References
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PART V CONCLUSION
Near Eastern Neolithic Research: Directions and Trends
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12
Ian Kuijt
Social Process, Scale, and the Neolithic
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Coexistence of Hierarchical and Egalitarian Elements
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2
Neolithic Social Organization: Heterarchy, Hierarchy, or Both?
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Future Directions
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Frameworks of Governance and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Society
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Neolithic Household, ``House,'' and Links to Economy
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Summary
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References
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Index
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