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jar-shapes called urns, are also well known. As is typical with Chalcolithic assemblages, regional components are visible. Overall the habitation assemblage is more closely related to the Nahal Beersheva sites, but not the nearby Nahal Patish, Nahal Gerar, and Nahal Besor sites, whereas the mortuary assemblage is that of the coastal plain. The social basis for these variations remains unexplained. Marder presents the rather poor lithic assemblage, while Fabian and Goren discuss the more extensive stone artifacts. A number of chalk and limestone mazzevot were found along with the burials, a symbolic feature previously attested at a number of other Chalcolithic sites. The stone burial tubs, however, had been known only from Tel Aviv area sites. Bar-Yosef Mayer discusses the small assemblage of incised rectangular or trapezoidal shell pendants, probably all made of Nilotic Aspatharia rubens. Poplin discusses a single bird figurine, carved from what appears to be a lion's tooth. Kislev and Melamed analyze the carbonized botanical contents of a single V-shaped bowl. Over 90 percent of the seeds were the local pasture plant Trigonella arabica, which is not attested as human food. They su

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Author

Stephen H. Savage

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)