La place de l’industrie osseuse dans la néolithisation au Levant Sud

Dosseur, Gaëlle Le

doi:10.3406/paleo.2008.5233

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“…One end was whittled down so that it tapered to form a point. Such implements, probably used as perforators, are ubiquitous in Levantine Neolithic sites (Garfinkel and Horwitz 1988;Le Dosseur 2008).…”

Section: Vertebrate Faunamentioning

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Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel

Birkenfeld¹,

Avner²,

Mayer³

et al. 2020

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This paper presents findings from the first season of excavations conducted at the mountain-top site of Naḥal Roded 110, located in the southern Negev Desert near Eilat, Israel. Both radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence date the site to the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB, late 8 th millennium BC). Palaeoenvironmental data from pollen and charcoal indicate that arid conditions prevailed in the region, with a strong Saharo-Arabian influence. The finds-flints, marine shells and stone objectsshow affinities to LPPNB settlement sites in the region, while the faunal assemblage is unique and comprised solely of raptors. These features raise the question as to the function of the site-a specialised hunting camp, ritual site or our preferred explanation, a combination of the two.Résumé. Cet article présente les résultats de la première saison de fouilles menées sur le site montagneux de Naḥal Roded 110, situé dans le sud du désert du Néguev près d'Eilat, en Israël. Les datations 14 C et par luminescence datent toutes deux le site de la fin du Néolithique acéramique B (LPPNB, fin du 8 e millénaire av. J.-C.). Les données paléo-environnementales extraites des traces de pollen et de charbon de bois indiquent que des conditions arides similaires à celles d'aujourd'hui prévalaient dans la région, avec une forte influence saharo-arabe. Les objets trouvés -silex, coquillages marins et objets en pierre -montrent des similitudes avec les sites de peuplement du LPPNB dans la région, tandis que l'assemblage faunique est particulièrement original et composé exclusivement de rapaces. Ces caractéristiques soulèvent la question de la fonction du site : camp de chasse, site rituel ou, notre hypothèse préférée, une combinaison des deux.

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Section: Vertebrate Faunamentioning

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Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel

Birkenfeld¹,

Avner²,

Mayer³

et al. 2020

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“…During the latter parts of the Epipalaeolithic, in the context of the Natufian culture, barbed points, fishhooks, and possible fishing weights appear in small quantities (e.g. Turville‐Petre et al ., 1932; Perrot, 1966; Bar‐Yosef and Belfer‐Cohen, 1989: 470; Campana, 1989: 41, 49, 97–103; Bar‐Yosef, 1998: 165; Valla et al ., 1998; 2004; 2007; Nadel et al ., 2008; Le Dosseur, 2009; Bar‐Yosef Mayer and Zohar, 2010: fig. 3; Nadel et al ., 2012; Rosenberg et al ., 2016).…”

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Fishing for Answers: the rarity of fish and fishhooks in the Late Chalcolithic of the southern Levant and the significance of copper fishhooks

Rosenberg

Chasan

2020

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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Evidence of fishing is rare at most Late Chalcolithic sites in the southern Levant, reflecting the region's economy and preferences. The minimal incorporation of fish into the diet is striking especially as some sites are near the Mediterranean Sea, the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee, the Hula swamps, and perennial streams. This article discusses the appearance of copper fishhooks, suggesting that these endorsed special significances beyond mere fishing gear and were not exclusively utilitarian items. These suggest that despite changing economic strategies and the limited representation in the archaeological record, fish and fishing still played a dietary role.

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“…(Ayalon and Sorek 1999;Moorey 1994: 112-14). The working of animal bone, antler and tusk in the Levant has been studied in detail especially for the Neolithic period (Le Dosseur 2008), and a useful 'multiple' classification method has been elaborated by the French school and tested on various Near Eastern assemblages (Stordeur 1982;1988). Ivory carving techniques during the 2nd millennium BC have been closely scrutinized by several scholars (Caubet 2013;Caubet and Poplin 1987;Caubet and Gachet-Bizollon 2013;Gachet-Bizollon 2007;Luciani 2006a;2006b;Turri 2015;Gachet 1987), while a few investigations targeted on particular classes of bone objects are available for the Bronze Age (e.g.…”

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Bone and ivory manufacturing at Ebla (Syria) during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (c.2500–1600 BC)

Peyronel

2016

Levant

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The corpus of bone tools and other objects from Tell Mardikh-Ebla constitutes a basis for studying the role and development of bone working at this urban centre between 2500 BC and 1600 BC. A preliminary assessment of bone artefact production that takes into account typology, distribution, and relation with other broad functional classes of items is presented, underlining trends and changes over time. During the Early Bronze Age III-IV a specific local production is attested through decorated bone sticks/pins. Decorated tubes are documented by three exemplars, showing that this kind of bone artefact -widespread in the Levant and Anatolia -was also present at Ebla. Bone tools were also widely used. Craft workers producing figurative and patterned inlays and beads preferred other materials, such as semi-precious stones and shell. A trend towards a dichotomy between the highlyspecialized manufacture of valuable objects, such as inlays and incrustations linked to the ivory industry, and the production of tools that seem to have been focused upon spinning and weaving activities is evident during the Middle Bronze Age, when the number of bone tools decreased sharply. 1The animal bones were identified by Claudia Minniti of University of Salento, zooarchaeologist of the Ebla Expedition, who I sincerely thank; the identification of the ivory inlays from the Northern Palace was done by Barbara Wilkens.

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La place de l’industrie osseuse dans la néolithisation au Levant Sud

Cited by 12 publications

References 2 publications

Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel

Hunting in the skies: Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Naḥal Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel

Fishing for Answers: the rarity of fish and fishhooks in the Late Chalcolithic of the southern Levant and the significance of copper fishhooks

Bone and ivory manufacturing at Ebla (Syria) during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (c.2500–1600 BC)

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