Dhra', Excavation Project, 2002 Interim Report

Finlayson, Bill; Kuijt, Ian; Arpin, Trina; Chesson, Meredith S.; Dennis, Samantha; Goodale, Nathan; Kadowaki, Seiji; Maher, Lisa; Smith, Sam; Schurr, Mark R.; McKay, J. G.

doi:10.1179/lev.2003.35.1.1

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“…We center our discussion of lithic technological organization in early villages at one of the first examples in the world: Dhra’, Jordan. The site of Dhra’ is located next to Wadi ed-Dhra’ in the Jordan Valley and was occupied at approximately 11,000 cal BP during the forager–farmer transition in Southwest Asia (Figure 1; Finlayson et al 2003; Goodale et al 2002, 2007; Kuijt and Finlayson 2009). The site had an extensive occupation during the PPNA that covered an area of approximately 1 ha, although with a lower density than later settlements.…”

Section: Dhra’ Jordan: An Early Neolithic Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The site had an extensive occupation during the PPNA that covered an area of approximately 1 ha, although with a lower density than later settlements. Excavations directed by Kuijt and Finlayson (in 1994, 2001–2002, and 2004–2005) uncovered numerous structures, features, faunal remains, paleobotanical evidence, as well as a substantial lithic assemblage of more than one million artifacts attributed to the PPNA occupation (see Finlayson et al 2003 and Goodale et al 2002, 2007 for detailed descriptions of the lithic assemblage). Pointed tools of several morphological types—el-Khiam and Salibiya points, awls, and borers—are abundant in the assemblage: it contains more than 1,000 points and 1,500 awls.…”

Section: Dhra’ Jordan: An Early Neolithic Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is strong evidence that the pointed tools recovered during excavations at Dhra’ were not primarily used as projectiles. There is only one impact fracture in the assemblage of more than 800 el-Khiam points (Finlayson et al 2003). The near absence of impact fractures suggests that any pointed tools at Dhra’ that were used and damaged during hunting were discarded away from the houses and activity areas excavated within the village.…”

Section: Pointed Tools At Dhra’mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages

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Goodale²,

Andrefsky³

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Am. Antiq.

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Hafting is an important part of lithic technology that can increase our understanding of socioeconomic behavior in the past. In this article, we develop a holistic approach to studying hafting by using the concept of curation within a broader assessment of lithic technological organization in early villages. Early villages were loci of socioeconomic transformation as part of the shift from mobile foraging to more sedentary cultivation lifeways. We suggest that an examination of hafting can provide new insights into how early villagers negotiated technological requirements, economic decision making, and social interactions in these novel contexts. As a case study, we develop a curation index and apply it to an archaeological context of hafted and unhafted pointed tools from the early Neolithic village of Dhra’, Jordan. This curation index allows for a discussion of the technological, economic, and social dimensions of hafting strategies at Dhra’. The presence of multiple hafting traditions within early Neolithic villages of Southwest Asia is evidence of persistent social segmentation despite food storage and ritual practices that emphasized communal integration. Through the lens of lithic technological organization, we demonstrate that hafting and curation patterns can increase our understanding of technological, economic, and social strategies in early villages.

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Section: Dhra’ Jordan: An Early Neolithic Villagementioning

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Section: Dhra’ Jordan: An Early Neolithic Villagementioning

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Section: Pointed Tools At Dhra’mentioning

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Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages

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Goodale²,

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Am. Antiq.

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“…Naviform blade cores are boat-shaped and standardized in shape and size, use percussion technology for blade production (Quintero and Wilke 1995), and are generally produced on high-quality, exotic raw materials (Quintero 1996). By the Pottery Neolithic (PN; 7500-6000 BP), the formality of cores decreased, with an emphasis on the production of similar tools through blank retouch as opposed to similarities in the blanks themselves (Finlayson et al 2003;Gopher et al 2001). This blade technology exists through the introduction of metal tools, referred to by this time as Canaanean blades, which are extremely standardized (Anderson and Chabot 2001;Anderson et al 2004;Milveski 2013;Rosen 1996Rosen , 1997, although those found at Harrapa are less standardized (Davis, this volume).…”

Section: Informal Tools or The Complexity Of The Informalmentioning

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Urban Lithics: The Role of Stone Tools in the Indus Civilization and at Harappa

Davis¹

2019

Lithic Technologies in Sedentary Societies

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“…Although the PPNA period in South-west Asia is recognized as being fundamental to our understanding of the transition to a sedentary agricultural society, numerous aspects of its architecture are poorly understood, notably the specifics of the construction techniques (Dennis et al 2002). What kinds of materials were required and in what quantities?…”

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Building WF16: construction of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) pisé structure in Southern Jordan

Flohr

Finlayson

Najjar

et al. 2015

Levant

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The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period in Southwest Asia is essential for our understanding of the transition to sedentary, agricultural communities. Developments in architecture are key to understanding this transition, but many aspects of PPNA architecture remain elusive, such as construction techniques, the selection of building materials and the functional use of space. The primary aim of the research described within this contribution was to build a PPNA-like structure in order to answer questions about PPNA architecture in general, while specifically addressing issues raised by the excavation of structures at the site of WF16, southern Jordan. The second aim was to display a 'PPNA' building to visitors in Wadi Faynan to enhance their understanding of the period. The experimental construction based on one of the WF16 structures showed that (1) required materials can be acquired locally; (2) a construction technique using mud layers as described in this paper was most probably used; (3) flat, or very slightly dome-shaped, roofs are functional and can also be used as a solid working platform; (4) the WF16 small semisubterranean buildings appear inappropriate for housing a nuclear family unit.

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Dhra', Excavation Project, 2002 Interim Report

Cited by 33 publications

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Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages

Lithic Technological Organization and Hafting in Early Villages

Urban Lithics: The Role of Stone Tools in the Indus Civilization and at Harappa

Building WF16: construction of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) pisé structure in Southern Jordan

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