Award Date

1-1-2005

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Anthropology and Ethnic Studies

First Committee Member

Alan Simmons

Number of Pages

148

Abstract

Ground stone artifacts indicating food preparation and other activities are well-represented among the assemblage resulting from three seasons of excavation at Ghwair I, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in southern Jordan Placement of Ghwair I in context of roughly contemporaneous Levantine sites indicates that its ground stone assemblage is typical of the period and that Ghwair I was a self-reliant community. The ground stone assemblage indicates that mobility of the site's occupants was relatively low. Spatial analysis of distribution of ground stone across the site suggests specialized activity loci and, possibly, early social stratification.

Keywords

Analysis; Artifacts; Ghwair; Ground; Jordan; Neolithic; Pottery Site; Southern; Stone

Controlled Subject

Archaeology

File Format

pdf

File Size

3891.2 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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