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A Neolithic Game Board from ʿAin Ghazal, Jordan by Gary O. Rollefson is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Neolithic Game Board from ʿAin Ghazal, Jordan about?

A game board found during the 1989 excavation season at CAin Ghazal, Jordan in a Neolithic context can be dated approximately to 5870 ? 240 b.c. (uncalibrated). It is a subrectangular stone slab with two rows of six depressions, resembling the modern-day mancala or wari game boards in use throughout the Arab world and Africa. The game board has parallels with game boards from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in the Near East, notably Neolithic Beidha.

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Author
Gary O. Rollefson
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1992
Language
EN
Field
Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

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