Architecture, sedentism, and social complexity at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A WF16, Southern Jordan

Authors: Finlayson, B., Mithen, S.J., Najjar, M., Smith, S., Maričević, D., Pankhurst, N. and Yeomans, L.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume: 108

Issue: 20

Pages: 8183-8188

eISSN: 1091-6490

ISSN: 0027-8424

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017642108

Abstract:

Recent excavations at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) WF16 in southern Jordan have revealed remarkable evidence of architectural developments in the early Neolithic. This sheds light on both special purpose structures and "domestic" settlement, allowing fresh insights into the development of increasingly sedentary communities and the social systems they supported. The development of sedentary communities is a central part of the Neolithic process in Southwest Asia. Architecture and ideas of homes and households have been important to the debate, although there has also been considerable discussion on the role of communal buildings and the organization of early sedentarizing communities since the discovery of the tower at Jericho. Recently, the focus has been on either northern Levantine PPNA sites, such as Jerf el Ahmar, or the emergence of ritual buildings in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the southern Levant. Much of the debate revolves around a division between what is interpreted as domestic space, contrasted with "special purpose" buildings. Our recent evidence allows a fresh examination of the nature of early Neolithic communities.

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Architecture, sedentism, and social complexity at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A WF16, Southern Jordan.

Authors: Finlayson, B., Mithen, S.J., Najjar, M., Smith, S., Maričević, D., Pankhurst, N. and Yeomans, L.

Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Volume: 108

Issue: 20

Pages: 8183-8188

eISSN: 1091-6490

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017642108

Abstract:

Recent excavations at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) WF16 in southern Jordan have revealed remarkable evidence of architectural developments in the early Neolithic. This sheds light on both special purpose structures and "domestic" settlement, allowing fresh insights into the development of increasingly sedentary communities and the social systems they supported. The development of sedentary communities is a central part of the Neolithic process in Southwest Asia. Architecture and ideas of homes and households have been important to the debate, although there has also been considerable discussion on the role of communal buildings and the organization of early sedentarizing communities since the discovery of the tower at Jericho. Recently, the focus has been on either northern Levantine PPNA sites, such as Jerf el Ahmar, or the emergence of ritual buildings in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the southern Levant. Much of the debate revolves around a division between what is interpreted as domestic space, contrasted with "special purpose" buildings. Our recent evidence allows a fresh examination of the nature of early Neolithic communities.

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Architecture, sedentism, and social complexity at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A WF16, Southern Jordan

Authors: Finlayson, B., Mithen, S.J., Najjar, M., Smith, S., Maricevic, D., Pankhurst, N. and Yeomans, L.

Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Volume: 108

Issue: 20

Pages: 8183-8188

ISSN: 0027-8424

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017642108

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Architecture, sedentism, and social complexity at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A WF16, Southern Jordan.

Authors: Finlayson, B., Mithen, S.J., Najjar, M., Smith, S., Maričević, D., Pankhurst, N. and Yeomans, L.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume: 108

Issue: 20

Pages: 8183-8188

eISSN: 1091-6490

ISSN: 0027-8424

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017642108

Abstract:

Recent excavations at Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) WF16 in southern Jordan have revealed remarkable evidence of architectural developments in the early Neolithic. This sheds light on both special purpose structures and "domestic" settlement, allowing fresh insights into the development of increasingly sedentary communities and the social systems they supported. The development of sedentary communities is a central part of the Neolithic process in Southwest Asia. Architecture and ideas of homes and households have been important to the debate, although there has also been considerable discussion on the role of communal buildings and the organization of early sedentarizing communities since the discovery of the tower at Jericho. Recently, the focus has been on either northern Levantine PPNA sites, such as Jerf el Ahmar, or the emergence of ritual buildings in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the southern Levant. Much of the debate revolves around a division between what is interpreted as domestic space, contrasted with "special purpose" buildings. Our recent evidence allows a fresh examination of the nature of early Neolithic communities.

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