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Biblical Arch.
Epipaleolithic/Neolithic Periods
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 3
05/11/2010

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Term
PPNA
Definition
8000-7500
Term
PPNB
Definition
7500-6000
Term
PNA
Definition
6000-5000
Term
PNB
Definition
5000-4300
Term
Neolithic Revolution
Definition
agricultural revolution
Term
Epi-Paleolithic
Definition
-epi: after
-paleo: ancient
-lithos: stone
after the old stone age
Term
Natufian culture
Definition
-sedentary farmers
-harpoons, hooks, net sinkers
-wild grain gathering
Term
sedentary
Definition
settled life
Term
type-site Wadi en- Natuf-
Definition
1st site found
Term
Carmel Caves
Definition
pierced stone mortars in burial
Term
hunting and gathering
Definition
began in 10,500 BC
Term
spread of the Natufian culture
Definition
-Israel, Sinai, Lebanon, Jordan
-began shift from hunter-farmers to farmers
Term
Natufian "firsts"
Definition
-permanent settlements
-houses up to 24ft diameter
-high lvl of culture
-burials
Term
Natufian spiritual life
Definition
-cultic installations
-burial practices
-personal ornaments
Term
Dentalium
Definition
shells used to make jewelry
Term
Size of sites: Ain Ghazal
Definition
30 acres
(large site of PPNB)
Term
Size of sites: Beisamum
Definition
10 acres
(large site of PPNB)
Term
Size of sites: Jericho
Definition
6 acres
(large site of PPNB)
Term
PPNB Houses
Definition
rectangular rooms, communal structures
Term
Nahal Hemar (PPNB)
Definition
skull with applied asphalt decoration, limestone mask
Term
Beisamum (PPNB)
Definition
plastered skulls
Term
Horvat Minha/Munhata
Definition
pit dwellers
Term
Wadi Rabah culture- PNB (5000-4300)
Definition
replaced Yarmukian culture
-structures with stone foundation
Term
Flooding of the Black Sea
Definition
-5500 BC
-"Noah's flood"
Term
Chalcolithic
Definition
-xalkos: "copper"
-lithos: "stone"
The Copper/Stone Age
Term
Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)
Definition
Kenyon's trench
-key site PPNA site
Term
PPNA dwellings
Definition
-round or oval
-4-6m in diameter
-hog-backed mudbrick
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