Territories, Boundaries and Cultures in the Neolithic Near East

Kozłowski, Stefan; Aurenche, Olivier

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“…Cones and drum-shapes are known to exist across the Fertile Crescent at contemporary sites, with the latter being rare and sparsely distributed. More specifically within the central and eastern Fertile Crescent, similar examples are known from sites such as Maghzaliyah, Jarmo and Sarab (Kozlowski and Aurenche 2005, fig. 7.6).…”

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Pre‐Pottery Clay Innovation in the Zagros Foothills

Richardson

2018

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary Neolithic material engagements transformed the ways in which communities interacted with the physical world and one another. Based on evidence from the flanks of the Zagros Mountains, in western Iran and north‐eastern Iraq, Robert Braidwood initially proposed his ‘Hilly Flanks’ hypothesis for the origins of agriculture and sedentism. The evidence for multi‐centred developments in domestication has demonstrated that elements of these practices spanned south‐west Asia in the Early Neolithic. The Zagros Mountains (and the eastern branch of the Fertile Crescent as a whole) constituted an area of vibrant engagement with new ideas, materials, experimentation and innovation, participating in the networks of interaction and exchange that facilitated the spread of alternative lifeways. This research examines how engagements with clay influenced the development and spread of new ways of thinking about the physical world, highlighting the role of clay as a transformational material through sites in the Central Zagros.

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Pre‐Pottery Clay Innovation in the Zagros Foothills

Richardson

2018

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Another variant has a small tang at one end, demarcated by concave retouch on both sides (Figure 4: 38–39). Elsewhere, they are referred to as ‘Tanged Nemrik points’ or ‘Demirköy points’ (Peasnall & Rosenberg 2001; Kozlowski & Aurenche 2005). Blade blanks of heat-treated flint were preferred for their manufacture.…”

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“…Nemrik 9, Qermez Dere, Hallan Çemi, Demirköy Höyük, Körtik Tepe and Gusir Höyük) (Kozlowski 1990; Watkins 1995; Karul 2011; Özkaya & Coşkun 2011; Rosenberg 2011). Accordingly, the area including the Middle and Upper Euphrates, northern Iraq and the Upper Tigris is often reputed to be the place where a Neolithisation process first began, and has consequently been called the ‘Golden Triangle’ (Kozlowski & Aurenche 2005).…”

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“…This view is supported by its lithic assemblage, which is characterised by microliths, with ‘Nemrik’ points (lozenge-shaped projectile points commonly known from Neolithic sites) only introduced in the latest phase of occupation. At first glance, the appearance of Nemrik points seems to mark the transition from an Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic way of life, as they are often considered to be indicative of a Neolithic industry termed, in this region, the Nemrikian, which forms the eastern part of the Golden Triangle (Kozlowski & Aurenche 2005). Detailed study of the lithic artefacts of Hasankeyf Höyük demonstrates, however, a continuous tradition of hunter-gatherer lithic technology, suggesting that the use of Nemrik points was not necessarily related to the emergence of Neolithic culture.…”

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Lithic analysis and the transition to the Neolithic in the Upper Tigris Valley: recent excavations at Hasankeyf Höyük

Maeda¹

2018

Antiquity

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“…Where possible original definitive reports were used, but many sites have been reported to date only in interim reports (more recent reports beings prioritised over earlier). A number of regionand theme-specific reviews were also extremely useful, including those by Bar-Yosef (1970); Aurenche (1981a-c); Wright (1992a-b); Hours et al (1994); Sayej (2004); Kozlowski & Aurenche (2005) as well as online databases such as the TAY project ii (), CANEW iii and the CONTEXT radiocarbon database (Böhner & Schyle 2002 ).…”

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Small Worlds, Material Culture and Ancient Near Eastern Social Networks

Coward¹

2010

Social Brain, Distributed Mind

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The cognitive, psychological and sociological mechanisms underpinning complex social relationships among small groups are a part of our primate heritage. However, among human groups, relationships persist over much greater temporal and spatial scales, often in the physical absence of one or other of the individuals themselves. This chapter examines how such individual face-to-face social interactions were ‘scaled up’ during human evolution to the regional and global networks characteristic of modern societies. One recent suggestion has been that a radical change in human sociality occurred with the shift to sedentary and agricultural societies in the early Neolithic. The discussion presents the results of a focused study of the long-term development of regional social networks in the Near East, using the distribution of different forms of material culture as a proxy for the social relationships that underpinned processes of trade, exchange and the dissemination of material culture practices.

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Territories, Boundaries and Cultures in the Neolithic Near East

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Pre‐Pottery Clay Innovation in the Zagros Foothills

Pre‐Pottery Clay Innovation in the Zagros Foothills

Lithic analysis and the transition to the Neolithic in the Upper Tigris Valley: recent excavations at Hasankeyf Höyük

Small Worlds, Material Culture and Ancient Near Eastern Social Networks

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