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Author:   Yoshihiro Nishiaki ,  Osamu Maeda ,  Makoto Arimura
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
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9789464260809

ISBN 10:   9464260807
Pages:   600
Publication Date:   28 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PREFACE_x000D_ _x000D_ Y. NISHIAKI, O. MAEDA & M. ARIMURA_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ PART 1: NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF DISTINCTIVE LITHIC OBJECTS_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Drilling Tools at the End of the Natufian: Suggesting a Technological Innovation_x000D_ _x000D_ T. YASHUV & L. GROSMAN_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Arrows and Archery during the PPNB: An Experimental Approach: Points Production and Use_x000D_ _x000D_ F. ABB├êS & F. PICHON_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Weapons or Hunting Tools? Evaluating the Role of Big Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant_x000D_ _x000D_ O. BARZILAI & H. MAY_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ 3D Morpho-Metric Analysis of PPNB Arrowheads from MOTZA: Preliminary Results_x000D_ _x000D_ H. KHALAILY, K. VARDI, A. KARASIK & O. BARZILAI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Production and Use of Nahal Hemar Knives in the Southern Levant during the PPNB: New Evidence from Kharaysin (Jordan)_x000D_ _x000D_ F. BORRELL, J.J. IB├ü├æEZ, J. MU├æIZ, I. CLEMENTE CONTE & L. TEIRA_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Ba╩╗ja Daggers: Type, Technology and Commodification of a LPPNB Burial Object_x000D_ _x000D_ H.G.K. GEBEL, C. PURSCHWITZ, D. ┼áTEFANISKO & M. BENZ_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Recycling of PPNB Artefacts in the Yarmukian Site of Tel Izhaki, Jezreel Valley, Israel: Some Chronological and Regional Implications_x000D_ _x000D_ A. YAROSHEVICH, E.C.M. van den BRINK, R. CHASAN, D. ROSENBERG, A. BIELER, L. PERRY-GAL, E. BOARETTO & N. GREENBAUM_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Innovation, Adaptation or Just a Development? Alternative Uses of Obsidian the Early Neolithic of the Near East_x000D_ _x000D_ E. HEALEY and S. CAMPBELL_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Typology, Material and Cultural Role of Stone Bracelets (Bangles) from the Neolithic Megasite of Motza: Preliminary Report_x000D_ _x000D_ I. MILEVSKI, J. VARDI & H. KHALAILY_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Flaking or Grinding? Habits of Stone Tool Production in Prehistoric Cyprus_x000D_ _x000D_ A. MCCARTHY_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Processing of Construction Stones at the Neolithic Site of Mishmar HaÔÇÿemeq, Israel_x000D_ _x000D_ G. HAKLAY, N. GETZOV & O. BARZILAI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES AND KNAPPING TECHNOLOGIES_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Refitting Lithics from Ais Giorkis, Cyprus: A Preliminary Analysis of Bidirectional Blade Technology_x000D_ _x000D_ C. MCCARTNEY_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Preliminary Analysis of the Lithic Assemblages of Nahal Yarmuth 38: A New PPNB Site in Central Israel_x000D_ _x000D_ D. ACKERFELD, A. EIRIKH-ROSE, H. ASHKENAZI, K. ZUTOVSKI & A. GOPHER_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Intra-Site Variability in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel: Lithic Techno-Typological Analysis_x000D_ _x000D_ A. LEVY, N GETZOV, H. KHALAILY, I. MILEVSKI & O. MARDER_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Skill, Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Lithic Production as Seen from LPPNB/FPPNB Ba╩╗ja, Southern Levant_x000D_ _x000D_ C. PURSCHWITZ_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Motza: A Village of the Final Phase of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Preliminary Observations_x000D_ _x000D_ J. VARDI, D. YEGOROV, A. LEVY, A. SHATIL, N. MITKI & H. KHALAILY_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Heat Treatment of Flint in the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Motza (Judean Hills, Israel)_x000D_ _x000D_ D. YEGOROV, H. KHALAILY & S.A. ROSEN_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Tracing the Neolithic Occupation of ÔÇÿEn Esur (Israel) and the Question of the Archaeological Visibility of the Neolithic in the Archeological Record: The Lithic Perspective_x000D_ _x000D_ L. BRAILOVSKY-ROKSER, D. SHALEM & M. BIRKENFELD_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ PART 2: VIEWS FROM NEIGHBORING REGIONS_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LITHICS FROM ARID LANDS_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Hunting in the Dunes: Evidence for Late Natufian Hunting Practices in the Northwestern Negev Site of Ashalim_x000D_ _x000D_ L. EDELTIN, J. VARDI & O. MARDER_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Chipped Stone Tool Production Strategies at Nahal Efe (northern Negev) during the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B_x000D_ _x000D_ F. BORRELL & J. VARDI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Ghassanian Techno-Complex: Late/Final PPNB Lithic Assemblages from Desert Kite-Associated Occupation Sites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, South-Eastern Jordan_x000D_ _x000D_ R. CRASSARD, J.A. S├üNCHEZ PRIEGO, F. PICHON, W. ABU-AZIZEH & M. TARAWNEH_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Harrat Juhayra 202 and the Jordanian Badia Early PPNB: Fresh Perspective on the PPNA/PPNB Transition in the Southern Levant_x000D_ _x000D_ S. FUJII_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Go West: New Discoveries Concerning the PPNB in the Eastern Desert of Egypt between the Sinai and the Nile Valley_x000D_ _x000D_ F. BRIOIS, B. MIDANT-REYNES & Y. TRISTANT_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Local Development and Levantine Influence Seen in the Stone Tools of the Fayum Neolithic in Egypt_x000D_ _x000D_ N. SHIRAI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM ANATOLIA_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ A Prehistoric Survey in Cappadocia and a New Early Holocene Site, Bal─▒kl─▒: Preliminary Insights into the Local Chipped Stone Industries_x000D_ _x000D_ N. KAYACAN, A.N. GORING-MORRIS, G. DURU & M. ├ûZBA┼×ARAN_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ S─▒r├ºal─▒tepe: A New Aceramic Neolithic Site in Volcanic Cappadocia (Central Anatolia)_x000D_ _x000D_ S. BALCI & ├ç. ALTINBILEK-ALG├£L & D. MOURALIS_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Chipped Stone at the Late Neolithic TPC Area, ├çatalh├Ây├╝k: On-Site and Beyond_x000D_ _x000D_ H.C. SCHECHTER_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Tepecik ├çiftlik (Turkey) and the Exploitation of Cappadocian Obsidian during the 7th Millennium_x000D_ _x000D_ D. GUILBEAU_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Lithic Assemblages of Gusir H├Ây├╝k: A Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site on the Upper Tigris Basin (Southeast Anatolia)_x000D_ _x000D_ ├ç. ALTINBILEK-ALG├£L, S. BALCI, D. MOURALIS & O. D. ASLANER_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Change and Continuity in the Lithic Industry of Hasankeyf H├Ây├╝k, a late 10th millennium cal. BC Site on the Upper Tigris O. MAEDA, T. CARTER & R. MOIR_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ ÔÇ£[ÔǪ] but it is not clear at all where all the [ÔǪ] debris had been taken from [ÔǪ]ÔÇØ Chipped Stone Artefacts, Architecture and Site Formation Processes at G├Âbekli Tepe_x000D_ _x000D_ J. BREUERS and KINZEL_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ LITHICS FROM FURTHER EAST_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Exploring the Changes in Lithic Industries during the Neolithisation in Armenia (7thÔÇô6th millennium BCE): A Comparison of Chipped Stone Tools from Lernagog-1 and Masis Blur_x000D_ _x000D_ M. ARIMURA, K. MARTIROSYAN-OLSHANSKY, A. PETROSYAN & B. GASPARYAN_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Neolithic Chipped Stone Industry of Mentesh Tepe (Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan): Technological Markers and Relations to North-Eastern Anatolia_x000D_ _x000D_ L. ASTRUC, D. GUILBEAU, B. GRATUZE, C. CHATAIGNER, O. BARGE, B. LYONNET & F. GULIYEV_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Discard Patterns of Chipped and Ground Stone Refuse at Hac─▒ Elamxanl─▒ Tepe in the Southern Caucasus: Implications for the Residential Mobility and the Neolithization Process_x000D_ _x000D_ S. KADOWAKI, F. GULIYEV & Y. NISHIAKI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Neolithic Sickles of the South Caucasus and North Mesopotamia (early 6th millennium BC)_x000D_ _x000D_ Y. NISHIAKI_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ A Brand New Thing: Bladelet Production Techniques and Methods in Caspian Mesolithic and Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries_x000D_ _x000D_ M. JAYEZ & H.V. NASAB_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Towards Understanding the Early Neolithic in the Zagros Mountains: Results of New Investigations of the Austro-Iranian Team in Ilam Province, Iran_x000D_ _x000D_ B. MILI─å, B. HOREJS & L. NIAKAN_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ Returning to Hunting and Re-microlithisation during the Mushki Phase in Fars, Southwest Iran_x000D_ _x000D_ M. ABE, S. ARAI & M. KHANIPOUR_x000D_ _x000D_ ┬á_x000D_ _x000D_ The Symbolic Meaning of the Neolithic Manuports: The Examples from Nemrik 9, Northern Iraq, and Ayakagytma ÔÇÿThe SiteÔÇÖ, Uzbekistan_x000D_ _x000D_ K. SZYMCZAK

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Yoshihiro Nishiaki received his BA and MA from the University of Tokyo, and Ph.D. from University College London. He has been a full professor of prehistoric archaeology at the University of Tokyo since 2006 and Director of the University of Tokyo Museum since 2020. His major research interest is concerned with the prehistory of West and Central Asia. Osamu Maeda received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Tsukuba and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK. He has been a researcher at University of Tsukuba since 2015 and currently is an associate professor in the archaeology course and a head of the archaeology division of the Research Center for West Asian Civilization. He recently conducted international collaborative research as a member of the Manchester Obsidian Laboratory. Makoto Arimura is a Professor at Tokai University, Japan. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Archaeology from the University of Tsukuba, Japan and his PhD in Archaeology from the Université Lumière Lyon 2, France.

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