The Neolithic Site of Eh-Sayyeh / Jordan: Final Report on the Results from the Archaeological Investigations 2013–2015

The Neolithic Site of Eh-Sayyeh / Jordan: Final Report on the Results from the Archaeological Investigations 2013–2015

List of Contributors

• Karin Bartl [Volume editor] German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department
• Zeidan Kafafi [Volume editor] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4262-4618 Yarmouk University, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Thomas Urban [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
• Laura Dietrich [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-0576 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
• Kristina Pfeiffer [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8350-0882 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
• Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
• Bernhard Weninger [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-6529 Universität zu Köln
• Mustafa al-Naddaf [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-7804 Yarmouk University, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Reinder Neef [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften
• Norbert Benecke [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-8594 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften
• Julia Gresky [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-2757 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften

 

The archaeological site of eh-Sayyeh is located north of the city of az-Zarqa in central Jordan and was re-explored between 2013 and 2015 after initial investigations in the 1990s. It has a longer sequence of Neolithic layers from the late 8th and 7th millennia BC (calibrated dates) and shows also traces of more recent occupation up to Late Antiquity. The results of the 2013–2015 excavations prove that the settlement phases LPPNB (7500–7000/6900 BC) and PPNC (7000/6900–6400 BC) are characterised by clear continuities in terms of subsistence, architecture and the inventory of chipped lithic finds, which can be traced in part to the Yarmoukian.

Published

June 27, 2024

Series

Orient-Archäologie

Print ISSN

1434-162X

Bibliographic Information and Reviews

iDAI.bibliography/Zenon

Copyright (c) 2024 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Chapters

• Foreword
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
• I Introduction
• I. 1 The site and its setting
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
• I. 2 History of archaeological research in the Wadi az-Zarqa region
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
• I.3 Aims
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
• I. 4 Recording methods
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
• II The Architecture
• II.1 Introduction
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
• II.2 The West Area
  Zeidan Kafafi, Karin Bartl
• II.3 The Central Area
  Laura Dietrich, Kristina Pfeiffer, Karin Bartl
• II.4 The East Are
  Zeidan Kafafi, Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow
• II.5 Summary
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
• III The Radiocarbon Dates
  Bernhard Weninger, Karin Bartl
• IV The Chipped Lithic Finds
  Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow
• V The Pottery
• V.1 Pottery Typology
  Zeidan Kafafi
• V.2 Pottery Technology
  Mustafa al-Naddaf
• VI The Small Finds
• VI.1 Catalogue of small finds
  Karin Bartl
• VI.2 Functional analyses on selected finds
  Laura Dietrich
• VII The Botanical Remains
  Reinder Neef
• VIII The Faunal Remains
  Norbert Benecke
• IX The Human Remains
  Julia Gresky
• X Summary and Conclusions
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
• الملخص والاستنتاجات
  Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
• Bibliography
• Figures and Plates, Credits
• List of Contributors (alphabetical order)