The sculpture dates to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (ca. 10,000–8200 b.c.), a time when wild boars were an important source of food for hunter-gatherers.

Area G at Afridar, Palmahim Quarry 3 and the Earliest Pottery of Early Bronze Bronze Age I: Part of the “Missing Link”. In G. Philip and D. Baird eds. Ceramics and Change in the Early Bronze Age of ...

The “Pre-Pottery Neolithic” Period in the Southern Levant. In J. Cauvin and P. Sanlaville eds. Préhistoire du Levant: Chronologie et organisation de l’espace depuis les origines jusqu’au Ve millénaire ...

However, the role these small animals played in the Late Natufian and early Neolithic economies of the southern Levant has rarely been examined in detail.

AMMAN - The majority of known Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlements are found in the southern Levant, in specific settings within or adjacent to the ...

AMMAN — The majority of known Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlements are found in the southern Levant, in specific settings within or adjacent to the Jordan Valley according to the professor Ian Kuijt ...

It is placed under the Lisan Peninsula and consists of a single structure constructed and reconstructed in two phases, as well as associated refuse dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB).

An underwater excavation has uncovered evidence of human resilience during the climate changes of the Neolithic period. Around 6,200 BCE, the climate underwent significant changes. Global temperatures ...

This pottery belongs to Wadi Rabah culture which thrived in southern Levant in 5th millennium BC (Photo courtesy of Forum Ancient Coins) AMMAN — Located in northern Jordan, Basatin is a site where ...

This work—alongside an analysis of the other remains—helped to date the site to the Early Pottery Neolithic, which coincided with the 8.2ka event, not to mention the emergence of pottery in ...

Radiocarbon dating of these items confirmed their origins in the Early Pottery Neolithic period, aligning with the time of the 8.2ka event and extending even into the Late Pottery Neolithic ...