Village on the Euphrates : The Excavation of Abu Hureyra: 紀伊國屋書店BookWeb

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Source： ENG
Academic Descriptors： A17600000
Publishers： University Press
Place of Publication： United States
Language of Publication： English
Edition： First
Physical Format： Hardbound
Academic Level： Graduate
Geographic Designator： Middle East/North Africa

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Academic Essentials - October 1999

Book Data Full Description：: Tell Abu Hureyra, a settlement by the Euphrates River in Syria, was excavated in 1972-73 by an international team of archaeologists that included the authors of the book and scientists from English, American, and Australian universities. The excavation uncovered two successive villages: in the first village (c. 11,500-10,000 BP), inhabitants foraged vegetation and hunted local wildlife, the Persian gazelle, in particular. In the second village (c. 9700-7000 BP), inhabitants employed a more sophisticated method of food production, the cultivation of grain crops and the pasturing of sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs. Documented first hand in the book, these findings capture the transition in human history from the hunting-and-gathering to the farming way of life.

Baker&Taylor Table of Contents：

PART I THE INCEPTION OF THE EXCAVATION
  The Themes of the Research                       3  (16)
    The Potential of the Site                      3  (3)
    The Archaeological Context                     6  (5)
    The Problem of Agricultural Genesis            11 (3)
    Theories of Agricultural Development           14 (5)
  Beginning Work                                   19 (24)
    The Salvage Campaign                           19 (4)
    Selection of Abu Hureyra                       23 (5)
    Location of Abu Hureyra                        28 (5)
    Excavation Strategy                            33 (5)
    Analysis of the Results                        38 (5)
  The Setting                                      43
    The Geographical Background                    43 (6)
    The Potential Vegetation under Modern          49 (24)
    Climatic Conditions
    Environment in the Late Pleistocene and        73 (12)
    Early Holocene
    The Presence in Historical Times of the        85 (4)
    Large Vertebrates Found at Abu Hureyra
    Species of the Region Apparently Absent        89
    from Abu Hureyra
PART II THE SETTLEMENT OF ABU HUREYRA              1  (1)
  Methods of Excavation at Abu Hureyra             95 (10)
    Nature of the Deposits                         95 (1)
    Excavation and Recording                       96 (6)
    Interpretation                                 102(1)
    Chronology                                     103(2)
  The Excavation of Abu Hureyra 1                  105(28)
        A. M. T. Moore
    Excavation of Trench E                         105(7)
    The Sequence of Occupation                     112(14)
    The Chronology of Abu Hureyra 1                126(7)
  The Chipped Stone and Bone Artifacts             133(32)
      The Chipped Stone                            133(1)
        D. I. Olszewski
    Description of the Chipped Stone Assemblage    134(8)
    Temporal Changes in Chipped Stone              142(1)
    Chipped Stone Tool Frequencies: Changes and    143(6)
    Interpretations
    Abu Hureyra 1 and the Middle Euphrates         149(3)
    Abu Hureyra 1 and the Levant                   152(1)
    Summary                                        153(1)
      The Bone Artifacts                           154(1)
        S. L. Olsen
    Methods                                        154(2)
    Manufacturing Techniques for the Bone          156(2)
    Artifacts
    The Bone Artifact Types                        158(4)
    Conclusions                                    162(3)
  Stone and Other Artifacts                        165
        A. M. T. Moore
    Raw Materials                                  165(1)
    Types of Artifacts                             165(12)
    Commentary                                     177(3)
    The Culture of Abu Hureyra 1                   180(5)
    Summary                                        185
PART III THE VILLAGE OF ABU HUREYRA                2  (525)
  The Excavation of Abu Hureyra 2                  189(72)
        A. M. T. Moore
    Trench B                                       189(20)
    Trench D                                       209(12)
    Trench E                                       221(19)
    Trench G                                       240(11)
    The Occupation Sequence and Chronology of      251(10)
    Abu Hureyra 2
  The Buildings and Layout of Abu Hureyra 2        261(16)
        A. M. T. Moore
    The Buildings                                  261(6)
    Layout of the Village                          267(2)
    Growth of the Village                          269(4)
    The Number of Inhabitants                      273(4)
  Disposal of the Dead                             277(24)
        A. M. T. Moore
        T. I. Molleson
    Burial Practices in Abu Hureyra 1              277(1)
    The Burials of Abu Hureyra 2                   278(18)
    The Burials of Historic Age                    296(5)
  The People of Abu Hureyra                        301(26)
        T. I. Molleson
    The People of Abu Hureyra                      304(2)
    The Juveniles                                  306(1)
    Diet                                           307(2)
    Labor and Role Specialization                  309(7)
    Health                                         316(2)
    Affinities                                     318(1)
    Demographic Trends in Abu Hureyra 2            319(2)
    Social Organization at Abu Hureyra             321(6)
PART IV THE ECONOMY OF THE TWO SETTLEMENTS AT
ABU HUREYRA
  The Plant Food Economy of Abu Hureyra 1 and 2    327(96)
      Abu Hureyra 1: The Epipalaeolithic           327(1)
        G. C. Hillman
    Vegetation at the Start of Epipalaeolithic     327(7)
    Occupation c. 11,500 BP
    Food Plants and Fuels in the Abu Hureyra       334(5)
    Area c. 11,500 BP
    Problems of Identifying the Remains of         339(10)
    Seeds and Fruits
    Nutritional Qualities of Major Wild Food       349(17)
    Plants and How They were Harvested,
    Processed, and Prepared
    The Role of Plant Foods not Found in the       366(3)
    Remains but Likely to Have Been Used by the
    People of Abu Hureyra 1A
    Dietary Diversity and Nutrition at 11,500      369(6)
    BP: The Plant Components
    Changes in Availability of Plant Food          375(1)
    Resources and Diet during the
    Epipalaeolithic
    Evidence for Cereal Cultivation during the     376(21)
    Epipalaeolithic
    Summary: The Plant Components of               397(1)
    Subsistence during the Epipalaeolithic
    Plant Remains from the Intermediate Period     398(1)
      Abu Hureyra 2: Plant Remains from the        399(1)
      Neolithic
        D. de Moulins
    Composition of the Plant Remains               399(16)
    Comparison with the Plant Remains from Abu     415(5)
    Hureyra 1
      Overview: The Plant-Based Components of      416(4)
      Subsistence in Abu Hureyra 1 and 2
        G. C. Hillman
    Conclusions                                    420(3)
  The Exploitation of Animals                      423(52)
        A. J. Legge
        P. A. Rowley-Conwy
    Mammal Species found at Abu Hureyra            423(6)
    The Faunal Sequence at Abu Hureyra             429(6)
    Gazelle and Onager Hunting at Abu Hureyra:     435(15)
    The Evidence for the Technique Employed
    The Preservation of Meat                       450(2)
    Bone Representation in Hunted and Domestic     452(3)
    Mammals
    The Evidence for Early Mammal Domestication    455(20)
    in Southwest Asia
PART V THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ABU HUREYRA
  The Development of Abu Hureyra                   475(36)
    The Favorable Setting                          475(2)
    Abu Hureyra 1, c. 11,500-10,000 BP             477(15)
    The Intermediate Period, c. 10,000-9,400 BP    492(1)
    Abu Hureyra 2, c. 9,400-7,000 BP               493(14)
    Abu Hureyra 3                                  507(1)
    An Integrated Interpretation                   507(2)
    The Import of the Record                       509(2)
  Abu Hureyra and the Beginning of Agriculture     511(16)
    The World of Abu Hureyra 1                     511(6)
    The Transition from Epipalaeolithic to         517(3)
    Neolithic
    The Consequences of the Adoption of            520(3)
    Agriculture
    The Significance of the Research               523(4)
Appendices                                         527(22)
    Radiocarbon and Thermoluminescence Dates       527(3)
    Thermoluminescence Dating of Sherds from       530(1)
    Abu Hureyra 2
        J. Huxtable
    Key to Sections and Plans                      530(2)
    Pottery and Plaster Analysis                   532(1)
        M. Le Miere
    The Human Remains                              533(11)
        T. I. Molleson
    Analysis of Charcoal from Abu Hureyra 1        544(3)
        V. Roitel
        G. Willcox
    Location of the Material Recovered from the    547(1)
    Excavation
    Data Tables                                    547(2)
Notes                                              549(6)
References                                         555(20)
Index                                              575