The early neolithic of the eastern fertile crescent : excavations at Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan / / edited by Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Kamal Rasheed Raheem and Amy Richardson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Philadelphia : , : Oxbow Books, , 2020
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (721 pages)
• Disciplina: 935.2
• Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq - Kurdistan; Neolithic period - Iraq - Kurdistan
• Soggetto geografico: Iraq Antiquities; Iraq History To 634
• Persona (resp. second.): MatthewsRoger, Dr.; MatthewsWendy, Dr.; RaheemKamal Rasheed; RichardsonAmy
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The Neolithic transition in the Eastern Fertile Crescent: project themes, aims and objectivesRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem -- 2. Excavation, recording, and sampling methodologiesAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews and Wendy Matthews -- 3. Palaeoclimate and environment of the Iraqi Central ZagrosMatt Bosomworth, Dominik Fleitmann and Maria Rabbani -- 4. Intensive field survey in the Zarzi RegionRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Raeuf Aziz -- 5. Fluxgate gradiometry survey at BestansurDavid Thornley -- 6. Geoarchaeological borehole, sediment and microfossil analyses at BestansurChris Green, Rob Batchelor, Maria Rabbani, Alessandro Guaggenti and Wendy Matthews -- 7. Ethnoarchaeological research in Bestansur: insights into vegetation, land-use, animals and animal dungSarah Elliott, Robin Bendrey, Jade Whitlam and Kamal Raeuf Aziz -- 8. ConservationJessica S. Johnson -- 9. Excavations and contextual analyses: BestansurAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Sam Walsh, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Adam Stone -- 10. Excavations and contextual analyses: ShimsharaWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Amy Richardson -- 11. Radiocarbon dating of Bestansur and shimsharaPascal Flohr, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Dominik Fleitmann -- 12. Sustainability of early sedentary agricultural communities: new insights from high-resolution microstratigraphic and micromorphological analysesWendy Matthews -- 13.integrated micro-analysis of the built environment and resource use: high-resolution microscopy and geochemical, mineralogical and biomolecular approachesWendy Matthews, Aroa Garcia-Suarez, Marta Portillo, Chris Speed, Georgia Allistone, Ian Bull, Jessica Godleman and Matthew Almond -- 14. Microarchaeology: the small traces of neolithic activitiesIngrid Iversen -- 15. Animal remains and human-animal-environment relationships at Early Neolithic Bestansur and ShimsharaRobin Bendrey, Wim Van Neer, Salvador Bailon, Juan Rofes, Jeremy Herman, Mel Morlin and Tom Moore -- 16. Early Neolithic animal management and ecology: integrated analysis of faecal materialSarah Elliott with contributions from Wendy Matthews and Ian Bull -- 17. Bestansur molluscs: regional context and local activitiesIngrid Iversen -- 18. The charred plant remains from Early Neolithic levels at Bestansur and ShimsharaJade Whitlam, Charlotte Diffey, Amy Bogaard and Mike Charles -- 19. Human remains from Bestansur: demography, diet and healthSam Walsh -- 20. Early Neolithic chipped stone worlds of Bestansur and ShimsharaRoger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Osamu Maeda -- 21. Material culture and networks of Bestansur and Shimshara Amy Richardson -- 22. Ground stone tools and technologiesDavid Mudd -- 23. Public archaeology at BestansurRhi Smith, Othman Fattah, Hero Salih, Hawar Hawas, Mathew Britten and Wendy Matthews -- 24. The Neolithic transition in the eastern Fertile Crescent: thematic synthesis and discussionWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Eastern Fertile Crescent region of western Iran and eastern Iraq hosted major developments in the transition from hunter-forager to farmer-herder lifestyles through the Early Neolithic period, 10,000-7000 BC. Within the scope of the Central Zagros Archaeological Project, excavations have been conducted since 2012 at two Early Neolithic sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Bestansur and Shimshara. Bestansur represents an early stage in the transition to sedentary, farming life, where the inhabitants pursued a mixed strategy of hunting, foraging, herding and cultivating, maximizing the new opportunities afforded by the warmer, wetter climate of the Early Holocene. They also constructed substantial buildings of mudbrick, including a major building with a minimum of 65 human individuals, mainly infants, buried under its floor in association with hundreds of beads. These human remains provide new insights into mortuary practices, demography, diet and disease.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Early Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent
• ISBN: 9781789255270; 1789255279
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910576898303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CZAP reports ; ; volume 2.