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1 online resource |
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Central Zagros Archaeological Project ; volume 2 |
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CZAP reports ; v. 2.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020). |
| Summary |
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. |
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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. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Kurdistn.
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Neolithic period -- Iraq -- Kurdistn.
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Iraq -- Antiquities.
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Iraq -- History -- To 634.
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Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Irak -- Kurdistn.
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Irak -- Antiquités.
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Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634.
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Social Science / Archaeology.
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History / Ancient.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Neolithic period
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Iraq -- Kurdistn
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Iraq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCBPBdMfmXtd4M8cvJXd
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| Chronological Term |
To 634
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Matthews, Roger, Dr., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1789255260 9781789255263 (OCoLC)1142333228 |
| ISBN |
9781789255270 (electronic book) |
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1789255279 (electronic book) |
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9781789255294 (electronic bk.) |
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1789255295 (electronic bk.) |
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1789255260 |
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9781789255263 |
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AU@ 000067958013 |
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AU@ 000069443814 |
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AU@ 000073958707 |
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