Protohistory in the Wadi Ghazzeh : a typological and technological study based on the Macdonald excavations
This study reanalyzes the material from the excavations and survey of Eann Macdonald in the Wadi Ghazzeh in 1929-30 which are published in Beth Pelet II. Each site investigated by Macdonald is discussed and analyzed in terms of the stratigraphy recorded in Beth Pelet II and of the Material remains gathered through his work that are found in the collections of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London, the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum. Additional information is provided through consideration of subsequent work in the region by Messrs. Perrot and Alon. Four cultural phases are distinguishable - a local ceramic Neolithic phase that is found primarily in Sites B and M, two Beer Sheba-Ghassul Chalcolithic phases in Sites D, E, 0, M, A, and B and an Early Bronze I phase in Site H. These phases are defined on the basis of the technological and typological attributes of the flaked stone and ceramic assemblages. Re-examination of the collections revealed a significant number of Egyptian and Egyptian style flints in Site H as well as the possibility that some of the pottery is a local imitation of Egyptian ceramics. Certain flaked stone artifacts in Chalcolithic contexts ay also owe their existence
Roshwalb, A. F.
Archaeology
Protohistory in the Wadi Ghazzeh : a typological and technological study based on the Macdonald excavations. This study reanalyzes the material from the excavations and survey of Eann Macdonald in the Wadi Ghazzeh in 1929-30 which are published in Beth Pelet II. Each site investigated by Macdonald is discussed and analyzed in terms of the stratigraphy recorded in Beth Pelet II and of the Material remains gathered through his work that are found in the collections of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London, the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum. Additional information is provided through consideration of subsequent work in the region by Messrs. Perrot and Alon. Four cultural phases are distinguishable - a local ceramic Neolithic phase that is found primarily in Sites B and M, two Beer Sheba-Ghassul Chalcolithic phases in Sites D, E, 0, M, A, and B and an Early Bronze I phase in Site H. These phases are defined on the basis of the technological and typological attributes of the flaked stone and ceramic assemblages. Re-examination of the collections revealed a significant number of Egyptian and Egyptian style flints in Site H as well as the possibility that some of the pottery is a local imitation of Egyptian ceramics. Certain flaked stone artifacts in Chalcolithic contexts ay also owe their existence
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