Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online) McDonald Ancient Near East Book Auction Ad Infinitum Ancient Jericho (Tell Sultan) Selected Excerpts on Jericho:
The Neolithic of the Levant (1978)
(1) Neolithic 1: (Pages 87-99)
Pre-History and Archaeology Glossary The population was already growing emmer wheat - barley - pulses while the meat portion of the diet was supplied in the main by gazelle supplemented by wild cattle - boar - goat. It is possible that some of these animals were being herded although the evidence is exiguous (scanty or inadequate). In the succeeding Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) levels (with radiocarbon dates 7220-5850 BC) rectangular houses with plastered floors and walls were built; an increased range of cultivated plants was exploited and it is possible that domesticated sheep were kept. Evidence of an ancestor cult is present in the form of skulls with facial features restored in plaster and - in some cases - eyes set with cowrie or other shells. A break in occupation followed the PPNB levels but there is evidence of some re-occupation in later Neolithic and Chalcolithic times. From the late 4th millennium BC there was a walled town on the site which was continuously occupied until circa 1580 BC when the settlement - with a sloping plastered ramp of Hyksos type - was destroyed by the Egyptians ..... (AHSFC) Other Links Online 1. Jericho by Don Jaques (Western Evangelical Seminary BST 550) 2. Report on Jericho by Joy Rainville (George Fox Evangelical Seminary) 3. Jericho by Dennis Spanner (Western Evangelical Seminary BST 550) [PDF] The History of the Ancient Near East Electronic Compendium |