Symbols at ʿAin Ghazal

The town of ʻAin Ghazal / Gary O. Rollefson and Zeiden A. Kafafi -- Token finds at pre-pottery Neolithic ʻAin Ghazal : a formal and technological analysis / Harry Iceland -- Tokens and writing : the cognitive development / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Animal figurines : the ʻAin Ghazal zoomorphic ass...

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Published in:ʿAin Ghazal excavation reports
Contributors: Schmandt-Besserat, Denise 1933- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Ex Oriente 2013
In: ʿAin Ghazal excavation reports (3)
Series/Journal:ʿAin Ghazal excavation reports 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ain Gasal / Artifact / Symbol / Findings
Further subjects:B ʻAin Ghazal Site (Jordan)
B Tokens Jordan
B Art, Ancient Jordan
B Jordan Antiquities
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Summary:The town of ʻAin Ghazal / Gary O. Rollefson and Zeiden A. Kafafi -- Token finds at pre-pottery Neolithic ʻAin Ghazal : a formal and technological analysis / Harry Iceland -- Tokens and writing : the cognitive development / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Animal figurines : the ʻAin Ghazal zoomorphic assemblage / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The human clay figurines and ancient Near Eastern magic : the human clay figurines collection / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- A stone metaphor of creation / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Three plaster faces / Carol A. Grissom and Patricia S. Griffin -- The plastered skulls / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Statue cache 2 / Carol A. Grissom -- ʻAin Ghazal "monumental" figures : a sylistic analysis / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Murals and floor paintings at ʻAin Ghazal / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Standing stones of the Neolithic village of ʻAin Ghazal / Zeidan A. Kafafi -- Neolithic symbolism at ʻAin Ghazal : the archaeological assemblage / Denise Schmandt-Besserat
ISBN:3944178033