Patrick Nørskov Pedersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5214842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Nørskov Pedersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick Nørskov |
| FAMILY NAME | Pedersen |
| SIGNATURE | PEDERSEN P N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9843-0858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Stone to Food: Foodways and Ground Stone Tools During the Natufian and Early Neolithic of Eastern Jordan
This study examines the use of ground stone tools in food processing in the Southern Levant during the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), analysing tools from the sites Shubayqa 1 and 6, in Northeast Jordan. Employing a techno-morphological analysis focused on gestures together with low-power microscopic use-wear analysis it explores foodways in a local context, tracking changes over time to what people proces…
At the cutting edge: Biographies of Orcadian Neolithic axes
Polished stone axes are one of the most iconic types of tools of Europe’s first farmers. Despite their ubiquity, we know relatively little about how they were used. Here, the authors outline how macroscopic wear analysis is revealing diversity in the use and treatment of axe-heads from Neolithic Orkney
Identifying the chaîne opératoire of club-rush (Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G.Sm) tuber exploitation during the Early Natufian in the Black Desert (northeastern Jordan)
Club-rush (Bolboschoenus spp. (Asch.) Palla) is one of the most common edible wild plant taxa found at Epipaleolithic and Neolithic sites in southwest Asia. At the Early Natufian site of Shubayqa 1 (Black Desert, Jordan) thousands of club-rush rhizome-tuber remains and hundreds of fragments of prepared meals were found. The evidence indicated that the underground storage organs of this plant were recurrently used as a source of food 14,600 years …
The palaeoenvironmental potential of the eastern Jordanian desert basins (Qe'an)
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros: An 11,500 Year‐old Communal Structure at Asiab
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
Ochre, Ground Stone, and Wrapping the Dead in the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant: Revealing the Funerary Practices at Shubayqa 1, Jordan
The appearance of rich and diverse funerary practices is one of the hallmarks of the Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant. Numerous burials at a number of sites excavated mostly in the Mediterranean zone of the southern Levant have fed into the interpretation of the Natufian as a sedentary society of complex hunter-gatherers. Here, we report on the human remains recovered from Shubayqa 1, a well-dated early to late Natufian site in northea…
Preliminary analysis of the Late Natufian ground stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan
Shubayqa 1 is a newly identified early and late Natufian site in the harra desert of northeastern Jordan. In addition to buildings, and rich chipped stone, faunal, and botanical assemblages, the site has produced a large collection of ground stone tools. This paper presents the result of a preliminary study of the ground stone artefacts associated with the late Natufian phase. Results indicate that while the assemblage is overall very similar to …
Shubayqa 6: A new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA; c. 9600-8500 cal BC) period in the Levant provides the earliest confirmed evidence for plant cultivation anywhere in the world, marking a significant escalation in the human management of plants towards fully fledged agricultural food production. Until now, the majority of PPNA sites have been documented in the Jordan Valley, the Wadi Araba and farther north along the Upper Euphrates (e.g. Mureybet, Jerf el-Ahma…
Shubayqa 6: A new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA; c. 9600-8500 cal BC) period in the Levant provides the earliest confirmed evidence for plant cultivation anywhere in the world, marking a significant escalation in the human management of plants towards fully fledged agricultural food production. Until now, the majority of PPNA sites have been documented in the Jordan Valley, the Wadi Araba and farther north along the Upper Euphrates (e.g. Mureybet, Jerf el-Ahma…
Ochre, Ground Stone, and Wrapping the Dead in the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant: Revealing the Funerary Practices at Shubayqa 1, Jordan
The appearance of rich and diverse funerary practices is one of the hallmarks of the Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant. Numerous burials at a number of sites excavated mostly in the Mediterranean zone of the southern Levant have fed into the interpretation of the Natufian as a sedentary society of complex hunter-gatherers. Here, we report on the human remains recovered from Shubayqa 1, a well-dated early to late Natufian site in northea…
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros: An 11,500 Year‐old Communal Structure at Asiab
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
Preliminary analysis of the Late Natufian ground stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan
Shubayqa 1 is a newly identified early and late Natufian site in the harra desert of northeastern Jordan. In addition to buildings, and rich chipped stone, faunal, and botanical assemblages, the site has produced a large collection of ground stone tools. This paper presents the result of a preliminary study of the ground stone artefacts associated with the late Natufian phase. Results indicate that while the assemblage is overall very similar to …
Shubayqa 6: A new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA; c. 9600-8500 cal BC) period in the Levant provides the earliest confirmed evidence for plant cultivation anywhere in the world, marking a significant escalation in the human management of plants towards fully fledged agricultural food production. Until now, the majority of PPNA sites have been documented in the Jordan Valley, the Wadi Araba and farther north along the Upper Euphrates (e.g. Mureybet, Jerf el-Ahma…
Ochre, Ground Stone, and Wrapping the Dead in the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant: Revealing the Funerary Practices at Shubayqa 1, Jordan
The appearance of rich and diverse funerary practices is one of the hallmarks of the Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant. Numerous burials at a number of sites excavated mostly in the Mediterranean zone of the southern Levant have fed into the interpretation of the Natufian as a sedentary society of complex hunter-gatherers. Here, we report on the human remains recovered from Shubayqa 1, a well-dated early to late Natufian site in northea…
The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the Central Zagros: An 11,500 Year‐old Communal Structure at Asiab
Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principal feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavation…
The palaeoenvironmental potential of the eastern Jordanian desert basins (Qe'an)
Identifying the chaîne opératoire of club-rush (Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G.Sm) tuber exploitation during the Early Natufian in the Black Desert (northeastern Jordan)
Club-rush (Bolboschoenus spp. (Asch.) Palla) is one of the most common edible wild plant taxa found at Epipaleolithic and Neolithic sites in southwest Asia. At the Early Natufian site of Shubayqa 1 (Black Desert, Jordan) thousands of club-rush rhizome-tuber remains and hundreds of fragments of prepared meals were found. The evidence indicated that the underground storage organs of this plant were recurrently used as a source of food 14,600 years …
At the cutting edge: Biographies of Orcadian Neolithic axes
Polished stone axes are one of the most iconic types of tools of Europe’s first farmers. Despite their ubiquity, we know relatively little about how they were used. Here, the authors outline how macroscopic wear analysis is revealing diversity in the use and treatment of axe-heads from Neolithic Orkney
From Stone to Food: Foodways and Ground Stone Tools During the Natufian and Early Neolithic of Eastern Jordan
This study examines the use of ground stone tools in food processing in the Southern Levant during the Late Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), analysing tools from the sites Shubayqa 1 and 6, in Northeast Jordan. Employing a techno-morphological analysis focused on gestures together with low-power microscopic use-wear analysis it explores foodways in a local context, tracking changes over time to what people proces…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Southern Levant (3 works) · Biology (2 works)