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Intro
Preface
PART 1 NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF DISTINCTIVE LITHIC OBJECTS
Drilling Tools at the End of the Natufian
Suggesting a Technological Innovation
Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman
Arrows and Archery during the PPNB
An Experimental Approach: Points Production and Use
Frédéric Abbès and Fiona Pichon
Weapons or Hunting Tools?
Evaluating the Role of Big Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant
Omry Barzilai and Hila May
3D Morpho-Metric Analysis of PPNB Arrowheads from MOTZA
Preliminary Results
Hamoudi Khalaily, Kobi Vardi, Avshalom Karasik and Omry Barzilai
Production and Use of Nahal Hemar Knives in the Southern Levant during the PPNB
New Evidence from Kharaysin (Jordan)
Ferran Borrell, Juan José Ibáñez, Juan Muñiz, Ignacio Clemente Conte and Luis Teira
The Baʻja Daggers
Type, Technology and Commodification of a LPPNB Burial Object
Hans Georg K. Gebel, Christoph Purschwitz, Denis Štefanisko and Marion Benz
Recycling of PPNB Artefacts in the Yarmukian Site of Tel Izhaki, Jezreel Valley, Israel
Some Chronological and Regional Implications
Alla Yaroshevich, Edwin C.M. van den Brink, Rivka Chasan, Danny Rosenberg, Abbi Bieler, Lee Perry-Gal, Elisabetta Boaretto and Noam Greenbaum
Innovation, Adaptation or Just a Development?
Alternative Uses of Obsidian the Early Neolithic of the Near East
Elizabeth Healey and Stuart Campbell
Typology, Material and Cultural Role of Stone Bracelets (Bangles) from the Neolithic Megasite of Motza
Preliminary Report
Ianir Milevski, Jacob Vardi and Hamoudi Khalaily
Flaking or Grinding?
Habits of Stone Tool Production in Prehistoric Cyprus
Andrew McCarthy
The Processing of Construction Stones at the Neolithic Site of Mishmar Ha'emeq, Israel
Gil Haklaya*, Nimrod Getzova and Omry Barzilaia.
PART 2 LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES AND KNAPPING TECHNOLOGIES
Refitting Lithics from Ais Giorkis, Cyprus
A Preliminary Analysis of Bidirectional Blade Technology
Carole McCartney†
Preliminary Analysis of the Lithic Assemblages of Nahal Yarmuth 38
A New PPNB Site in Central Israel
Dana Ackerfeld, Anna Eirikh-Rose, Hai Ashkenazi, Katia Zutovski and Avi Gopher
Intra-Site Variability in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel
Lithic Techno-Typological Analysis
Avraham Levy⸴ Nimrod Getzov, Hamoudi Khalaily, Ianir Milevski and Ofer Marder
Skill, Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Lithic Production as seen from LPPNB/FPPNB Baʻja, Southern Levant
Christoph Purschwitz
Motza: A Village of the Final Phase of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Preliminary Observations
Jacob Vardi, Dmitry Yegorov, Avraham Levy, Ariel Shatil, Netta Mitki and Hamoudi Khalaily
Heat Treatment of Flint in the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Motza (Judean Hills, Israel)
Dmitry Yegorov, Hamoudi Khalaily and Steven A. Rosen
Tracing the Neolithic Occupation of 'En Esur (Israel) and the Question of the Archaeological Visibility of the Neolithic in the Archeological Record
The Lithic Perspective
Lena Brailovsky-Rokser, Dina Shalem and Michal Birkenfeld
PART 3 VIEWS FROM NEIGHBORING REGIONS LITHICS FROM ARID LANDS
Hunting in the Dunes
Evidence for Late Natufian Hunting Practices in the Northwestern Negev Site of Ashalim
Lotan Edeltin, Jacob Vardi and Ofer Marder
Chipped Stone Tool Production Strategies at Nahal Efe (northern Negev) during the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Ferran Borrell and Jacob Vardi
The Ghassanian Techno-Complex
Late/Final PPNB Lithic Assemblages from Desert Kite-Associated Occupation Sites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, South-Eastern Jordan.
Rémy Crassard, Juan Antonio Sánchez Priego, Fiona Pichon, Wael Abu-Azizeh and Mohammad Tarawneh
Harrat Juhayra 202 and the Jordanian Badia Early PPNB
Fresh Perspective on the PPNA/PPNB Transition in the Southern Levant
Sumio Fujii
Go West
New Discoveries Concerning the PPNB in the Eastern Desert of Egypt between the Sinai and the Nile Valley
François Briois, Béatrix Midant-Reynes and Yann Tristant
The Local Development and Levantine Influence Seen in the Stone Tools of the Fayum Neolithic in Egypt
Noriyuki Shirai
PART 4
NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM ANATOLIA
A Prehistoric Survey in Cappadocia and a New Early Holocene Site, Balıklı
Preliminary Insights into the Local Chipped Stone Industries
Nurcan Kayacan, A. Nigel Goring-Morris, Güneş Duruh and Mihiriban-ÖzbaŞaran
Sırçalıtepe
A New Aceramic Neolithic Site in Volcanic Cappadocia (Central Anatolia)
Semra Balcı, Çiler Altınbilek-Algüla and Damase Mouralis
Chipped Stone at the Late Neolithic TPC Area, Çatalhöyük
On-Site and Beyond
Heeli C. Schechter
Tepecik Çiftlik (Turkey) and the Exploitation of Cappadocian Obsidian during the 7th Millennium
Denis Guilbeau
The Lithic Assemblages of Gusir Höyük
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site on the Upper Tigris Basin (Southeast Anatolia)
Çiler Altınbilek-Algül, Semra Balcı, Damase Mouralis and Okan D. Aslaner
Change and Continuity in the Lithic Industry of Hasankeyf Höyük, a Late 10th Millennium cal. BC Site on the Upper Tigris
Osamu Maedaa*, Tristan Carterb and Rose Moirb
"[…] but it is not clear at all where all the […] debris had been taken from […]"
Chipped Stone Artefacts, Architecture and Site Formation Processes at Göbekli Tepe
Jonas Breuers and Moritz Kinzel
PART 5 LITHICS FROM FURTHER EAST.
Exploring the Changes in Lithic Industries during the Neolithisation in Armenia (7th-6th Millennium BCE)
A Comparison of Chipped Stone Tools from Lernagog-1 and Masis Blur
Makoto Arimura, Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Artur Petrosyan and Boris Gasparyan
Neolithic Chipped Stone Industry of Mentesh Tepe (Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan)
Technological Markers and Relations to North-Eastern Anatolia
Laurence Astruc, Denis Guilbeau, Bernard Gratuze, Christine Chataigner, Olivier Barge, Bertille Lyonnet and Farhad Guliyev
Discard Patterns of Chipped and Ground Stone Refuse at Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe in the Southern Caucasus
Implications for the Residential Mobility and the Neolithization Process
Seiji Kadowaki, Farhad Guliyev and Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Neolithic Sickles of the South Caucasus and North Mesopotamia (early 6th millennium BC)
Yoshihiro Nishiaki
A Brand New Thing
Bladelet Production Techniques and Methods in Caspian Mesolithic and Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries
Mozhgan Jayez and Hamed Vahdati Nasab
Towards Understanding the Early Neolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Results of New Investigations of the Austro-Iranian Team in Ilam Province, Iran
Bogdana Milić, Barbara Horejs and Lily Niakan
Returning to Hunting and Re-microlithisation during the Mushki Phase in Fars, Southwest Iran
Masashi Abe, Saiji Arai and Morteza Khanipour
The Symbolic Meaning of the Neolithic Manuports
The Examples from Nemrik 9, Northern Iraq, and Ayakagytma 'The Site', Uzbekistan
Karol Szymczak
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Preface
PART 1 NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF DISTINCTIVE LITHIC OBJECTS
Drilling Tools at the End of the Natufian
Suggesting a Technological Innovation
Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman
Arrows and Archery during the PPNB
An Experimental Approach: Points Production and Use
Frédéric Abbès and Fiona Pichon
Weapons or Hunting Tools?
Evaluating the Role of Big Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant
Omry Barzilai and Hila May
3D Morpho-Metric Analysis of PPNB Arrowheads from MOTZA
Preliminary Results
Hamoudi Khalaily, Kobi Vardi, Avshalom Karasik and Omry Barzilai
Production and Use of Nahal Hemar Knives in the Southern Levant during the PPNB
New Evidence from Kharaysin (Jordan)
Ferran Borrell, Juan José Ibáñez, Juan Muñiz, Ignacio Clemente Conte and Luis Teira
The Baʻja Daggers
Type, Technology and Commodification of a LPPNB Burial Object
Hans Georg K. Gebel, Christoph Purschwitz, Denis Štefanisko and Marion Benz
Recycling of PPNB Artefacts in the Yarmukian Site of Tel Izhaki, Jezreel Valley, Israel
Some Chronological and Regional Implications
Alla Yaroshevich, Edwin C.M. van den Brink, Rivka Chasan, Danny Rosenberg, Abbi Bieler, Lee Perry-Gal, Elisabetta Boaretto and Noam Greenbaum
Innovation, Adaptation or Just a Development?
Alternative Uses of Obsidian the Early Neolithic of the Near East
Elizabeth Healey and Stuart Campbell
Typology, Material and Cultural Role of Stone Bracelets (Bangles) from the Neolithic Megasite of Motza
Preliminary Report
Ianir Milevski, Jacob Vardi and Hamoudi Khalaily
Flaking or Grinding?
Habits of Stone Tool Production in Prehistoric Cyprus
Andrew McCarthy
The Processing of Construction Stones at the Neolithic Site of Mishmar Ha'emeq, Israel
Gil Haklaya*, Nimrod Getzova and Omry Barzilaia.
PART 2 LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES AND KNAPPING TECHNOLOGIES
Refitting Lithics from Ais Giorkis, Cyprus
A Preliminary Analysis of Bidirectional Blade Technology
Carole McCartney†
Preliminary Analysis of the Lithic Assemblages of Nahal Yarmuth 38
A New PPNB Site in Central Israel
Dana Ackerfeld, Anna Eirikh-Rose, Hai Ashkenazi, Katia Zutovski and Avi Gopher
Intra-Site Variability in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel
Lithic Techno-Typological Analysis
Avraham Levy⸴ Nimrod Getzov, Hamoudi Khalaily, Ianir Milevski and Ofer Marder
Skill, Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Lithic Production as seen from LPPNB/FPPNB Baʻja, Southern Levant
Christoph Purschwitz
Motza: A Village of the Final Phase of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Preliminary Observations
Jacob Vardi, Dmitry Yegorov, Avraham Levy, Ariel Shatil, Netta Mitki and Hamoudi Khalaily
Heat Treatment of Flint in the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Motza (Judean Hills, Israel)
Dmitry Yegorov, Hamoudi Khalaily and Steven A. Rosen
Tracing the Neolithic Occupation of 'En Esur (Israel) and the Question of the Archaeological Visibility of the Neolithic in the Archeological Record
The Lithic Perspective
Lena Brailovsky-Rokser, Dina Shalem and Michal Birkenfeld
PART 3 VIEWS FROM NEIGHBORING REGIONS LITHICS FROM ARID LANDS
Hunting in the Dunes
Evidence for Late Natufian Hunting Practices in the Northwestern Negev Site of Ashalim
Lotan Edeltin, Jacob Vardi and Ofer Marder
Chipped Stone Tool Production Strategies at Nahal Efe (northern Negev) during the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Ferran Borrell and Jacob Vardi
The Ghassanian Techno-Complex
Late/Final PPNB Lithic Assemblages from Desert Kite-Associated Occupation Sites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh, South-Eastern Jordan.
Rémy Crassard, Juan Antonio Sánchez Priego, Fiona Pichon, Wael Abu-Azizeh and Mohammad Tarawneh
Harrat Juhayra 202 and the Jordanian Badia Early PPNB
Fresh Perspective on the PPNA/PPNB Transition in the Southern Levant
Sumio Fujii
Go West
New Discoveries Concerning the PPNB in the Eastern Desert of Egypt between the Sinai and the Nile Valley
François Briois, Béatrix Midant-Reynes and Yann Tristant
The Local Development and Levantine Influence Seen in the Stone Tools of the Fayum Neolithic in Egypt
Noriyuki Shirai
PART 4
NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM ANATOLIA
A Prehistoric Survey in Cappadocia and a New Early Holocene Site, Balıklı
Preliminary Insights into the Local Chipped Stone Industries
Nurcan Kayacan, A. Nigel Goring-Morris, Güneş Duruh and Mihiriban-ÖzbaŞaran
Sırçalıtepe
A New Aceramic Neolithic Site in Volcanic Cappadocia (Central Anatolia)
Semra Balcı, Çiler Altınbilek-Algüla and Damase Mouralis
Chipped Stone at the Late Neolithic TPC Area, Çatalhöyük
On-Site and Beyond
Heeli C. Schechter
Tepecik Çiftlik (Turkey) and the Exploitation of Cappadocian Obsidian during the 7th Millennium
Denis Guilbeau
The Lithic Assemblages of Gusir Höyük
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site on the Upper Tigris Basin (Southeast Anatolia)
Çiler Altınbilek-Algül, Semra Balcı, Damase Mouralis and Okan D. Aslaner
Change and Continuity in the Lithic Industry of Hasankeyf Höyük, a Late 10th Millennium cal. BC Site on the Upper Tigris
Osamu Maedaa*, Tristan Carterb and Rose Moirb
"[…] but it is not clear at all where all the […] debris had been taken from […]"
Chipped Stone Artefacts, Architecture and Site Formation Processes at Göbekli Tepe
Jonas Breuers and Moritz Kinzel
PART 5 LITHICS FROM FURTHER EAST.
Exploring the Changes in Lithic Industries during the Neolithisation in Armenia (7th-6th Millennium BCE)
A Comparison of Chipped Stone Tools from Lernagog-1 and Masis Blur
Makoto Arimura, Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Artur Petrosyan and Boris Gasparyan
Neolithic Chipped Stone Industry of Mentesh Tepe (Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan)
Technological Markers and Relations to North-Eastern Anatolia
Laurence Astruc, Denis Guilbeau, Bernard Gratuze, Christine Chataigner, Olivier Barge, Bertille Lyonnet and Farhad Guliyev
Discard Patterns of Chipped and Ground Stone Refuse at Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe in the Southern Caucasus
Implications for the Residential Mobility and the Neolithization Process
Seiji Kadowaki, Farhad Guliyev and Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Neolithic Sickles of the South Caucasus and North Mesopotamia (early 6th millennium BC)
Yoshihiro Nishiaki
A Brand New Thing
Bladelet Production Techniques and Methods in Caspian Mesolithic and Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries
Mozhgan Jayez and Hamed Vahdati Nasab
Towards Understanding the Early Neolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Results of New Investigations of the Austro-Iranian Team in Ilam Province, Iran
Bogdana Milić, Barbara Horejs and Lily Niakan
Returning to Hunting and Re-microlithisation during the Mushki Phase in Fars, Southwest Iran
Masashi Abe, Saiji Arai and Morteza Khanipour
The Symbolic Meaning of the Neolithic Manuports
The Examples from Nemrik 9, Northern Iraq, and Ayakagytma 'The Site', Uzbekistan
Karol Szymczak
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