Modeling Time and Transition in Prehistory: The Jordan Valley Chalcolithic (5500-3500 BC)

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Archaeopress, 2002 - History - 176 pages

The author sets himself two objectives in this study. One is to introduce alternative methods for the construction of chronological frameworks in order to determine the development sequence of Chalcolithic (5100-3500 BC) society in the Jordan Valley region of the southern Levant. In this regard, the work addresses a number of issues relating to settlement and social change throughout the period and proposes several explanations based on the sequence of events. The second objective is to evaluate the theoretical and methodological understandings associated with the classification of chronological units. This study advocates the integration of all sources of chronological information for the purpose of constructing regional sequences. In the final analysis, the agreement of both the relative and the radiocarbon sequence is considered.

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Contents

Ontologies and Typologies
5
Chronology and Interpretation
17
PERIODIZATION METHODS
26
Copyright

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Abu Hamid analysis Appendix archaeological Area artifact classes attributes Beth Shan Blackham Bourke Bowl Bronk Ramsey Buma calibrated Carmi Chalcolithic period charcoal chronological classification components connectedness context correlation defined deposits diachronic Early Bronze Age Early Chalcolithic excavations Fendi Flare Gilead Gophna Guex Habil Hanbury-Tenison Handle interaction interval Israel Jar4 Jericho E3 Jericho_T2 Joffe and Dessel Jordan Valley Late Chalcolithic Late Neolithic layers Levy Mafjar maximal cliques measure Mellaart method NAHAL neck Negev Neve Ur occupation occurred overall agreement Paint Palestine Phase Ghassul pottery Prehistory probability distributions radiocarbon dates region relative dating rim lip sample seriation settlement Shiqmim Shuna North similar social sociopolitical southern Levant spatial strata stratigraphic stratigraphic units Strongly connected components style stylistic suggests superpositional relationships Tabaqat al-Buma Table Tomb A94 Tsaf Tulaylat Ghassul types Umm Hammad Unitary Association upper values vessel Wadi Rabah Zone

Bibliographic information

TitleModeling Time and Transition in Prehistory: The Jordan Valley Chalcolithic (5500-3500 BC)
Volume 1027 of BAR international series, ISSN 0143-3067
Volume 1027 of British Archaeological Reports International Series
British archaeological reports
AuthorMark Blackham
Editionillustrated
PublisherArchaeopress, 2002
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 3, 2008
ISBN1841714054, 9781841714059
Length176 pages
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History / Ancient / General
Social Science / Archaeology
  
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