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Title: The Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 1803270268
EAN: 9781803270265
ISBN: 9781803270265
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 03/02/2022
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 290mm
Item Length: 205mm
Item Weight: 1504g
Contributor: Yuki Tatsumi (Contributions by), Naoko Hironaga (Edited by), Ken-ichiro Hisada (Contributions by), Minoru Yoneda (Contributions by), Sari Jammo (Edited by), Yuko Miyauchi (Contributions by), Yu Itahashi (Contributions by), Sean P. Dougherty (Contributions by), Akira Tsuneki (Edited by)
Genre: History
Book Series: Excavation Reports of Tell el-Kerkh, Northwestern Syria
Author: Yuki Tatsumi
Release Year: 2022
Description: The Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh is the second volume of the final reports on the excavations at Tell el-Kerkh, northwest Syria. The 12-year field campaigns at Tell el-Kerkh yielded several unexpected archaeological findings. The existence of the oldest cultural deposits from the early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (c. 8700-8300 BC) in northwestern Syria was revealed. The investigations also revealed that several large and complex societies had existed from the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to the middle Pottery Neolithic periods (c. 7600–6000 BC). One of the most conspicuous findings of the excavations at Tell el-Kerkh was the discovery of a Pottery Neolithic cemetery dating between c. 6400 and 6100 BC, which makes it one of the oldest outdoor communal cemeteries in West Asia. This book focuses specifically on this cemetery. It reports the discovery of over 240 burials and discusses the process of the formation and development of the cemetery. Initially used for traditional house burials in a corner of the settlement, the cemetery eventually became a graveyard that was physically separated from the residential buildings and consisted only of graves. In other words, burials that were deeply related to each house developed into an outdoor communal cemetery of the settlement. The Kerkh Neolithic cemetery was a precursor to the wider development of communal cemeteries in West Asia, and its investigation provides us with a deeper understanding of Neolithic society in West Asia.

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