Wadi Hammeh 27, an Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan

"Wadi Hammeh 27, an Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan" is a detailed report on one of the most important Natufian sites to have emerged in the past thirty years and an integrated analysis and interpretation of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in one of the world s earliest village communities. The 14,000-year-old settlement of Wadi Hammeh 27 is one of the most spectacular sites of its kind, featuring the largest, most complex pre-Neolithic architectural complex yet discovered in the Middle East, an unparalleled series of artefact caches and activity areas, and a rich corpus of late Ice Age art pieces.

About the author

Phillip C. Edwards, Ph.D. (1988), Sydney University, is a Senior Lecturer in the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University. Over the past thirty years he has conducted extensive research into the prehistoric archaeology of the east Jordan Valley.

Product details

• Assisted by: Phillip C Edwards (Editor), Phillip C. Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2012
• EAN: 9789004236097
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23609-7
• No. of pages: 436
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 297 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1315 g
• Series: Culture and History of the Anc
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries