Constructing community in the Neolithic of southern Jordan: Quotidian practice in communal architecture.

The emergence of food production during the earliest Neolithic of the Near East was accompanied by profound changes in the ways in which societies were organized. Elaborate and multi-stage mortuary practices involving the removal, caching, and plastering of symbolically charged skulls are thought to...

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Main Authors: Cheryl A Makarewicz, Bill Finlayson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5999217?pdf=render