The Ghassanian Techno-Complex: Late/Final PPNB Lithic Assemblages from Desert Kite-Associated Occupation Sites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, South-Eastern Jordan
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2022
- handle: 10670/1.e0azcb
- isbn: 978-94-6426-080-9
- hal: hal-03685561
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Pre-pottery neolithic Levant Arid margins Lithic technology Desert kites hunting traps GhassanianSujets proches
Asia, South West Eastern Mediterranean Levant East (Middle East) Fertile Crescent Near East Mediterranean Region, Eastern Northern Tier (Middle East) Southwest Asia South West Asia Asia, Western Asia, Southwest Mideast Industrial production Industry Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Néolithique pré-céramique BCiter ce document
Rémy Crassard et al., « The Ghassanian Techno-Complex: Late/Final PPNB Lithic Assemblages from Desert Kite-Associated Occupation Sites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, South-Eastern Jordan », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.e0azcb
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A series of eight dwelling sites were discovered recently in south-eastern Jordan, directly associated with eight mass-hunting structures: desert kites. These associated sites also share a clear chronological framework, as they are all dated to the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B. The archaeological material, mostly made up of abundant lithic industries, is extremely homogenous and coherent at all the sites. The excavated lithic industries from three of the eight dwelling sites are studied here. They show similarities and consist of a blade and a bifacial component of small to large-sized artefacts, in association with a large assemblage of small arrowheads of various types. On the basis of the specific characteristics of the whole lithic assemblage, a new regional techno-complex, called the “Ghassanian”, is defined for these desert margins of the Fertile Crescent.