The Chalcolithic Period of the Southern Levant
A Synthetic Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14845360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yorke M Rowan (0000-0002-6577-1215, University of Chicago), Jonathan Golden (Drew University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-92 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World Prehistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-7537 • E-ISSN: 1573-7802 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10963-009-9016-4 |
| OpenAlex | W1980510117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 105 |
| References cited | 208 |
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Cave · Chalcolithic · Craft · Geography · Social complexity · Social science · Sociology · Southern Levant · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History
Churns and Churning as a Solution for Preserving Excess Milk Yields and Surplus as Dairy Products
Reconstructing the Spread of Investment Casting in Chalcolithic West Asia Using Innovation Theory
Reconstructing networks, linking spaces—the view from the Aqaba region (Jordan)
The innovation of the potter's wheel
A landscape of preservation
Ceramic composition at Chalcolithic Shiqmim, northern Negev desert, Israel
Dolmens, standing stones and ritual in Murayghat
A pastoralist manifesto
The Chalcolithization Process
Chaîne Opératoire , Technological Networks and Sociological Interpretations
From Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age
A Large Copper Artefacts Assemblage of Fazael, Jordan Valley
Not ‘Just Another Brick in the Wall?’ The Symbolism of Groundstone Tools in Natufian and Early Neolithic Southern Levantine Constructions
Decorating the Neolithic
Dull-edged Weapons and Low-level Fighting in the Late Prehistoric Southern Levant
Skeuomorphism, Boundary Objects and Socialization of the Chalcolithic Metallurgy in the Southern Levant
From Inalienable Possessions to Magic
Back to Tel Tsaf
Fifty Years Later
The Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age Transition
Yesodot, Israel
Domestic animal production and consumption at Tall al-Handaquq South (Jordan) in the Early Bronze III
Animal Management Strategies during the Chalcolithic in the Lower Galilee
Spinning in the 5th millennium in the Southern Levant
The dignity of the dead. The case of ancient Urkesh and modern Tell Mozan, Syria (2000-1600 BC)
Nils Anfinset
Gazelles, Liminality, and Chalcolithic Ritual
Distancing the Dead
Tania El Khoury's Live Art
The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant
Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC
A Chalcolithic Error
Mea culpa
Unveiling the sign value of early potter’s wheels based on a 3-D morphometric analysis of Late Chalcolithic vessels from the southern Levant
Specialized pottery production in Dalma tradition; a statistical approach in pottery analysis from Soha Chay Tepe, Zanjan, Iran
Evaluating manufacture marks on ground stone objects as a new proxy for the spread of metal technology in the southern Levant
Firing up the furnace
Exploring the dimensions of Chalcolithic settlements in the southern Levant - A geomagnetic survey on Tel Tsaf, Israel
Foodways of an agro-pastoral community
A new Ghassulian metallurgical assemblage from Bet Shemesh (Israel) and the earliest leaded copper in the Levant
The Tel Tsaf decoration
Spatio-temporal trends in complex caves use in the later prehistory of the southern Levant
The Ghassulian Ceramic Tradition
Microhistory in Archaeology and Its Contribution to the Archaeological Research
From Stone to Metal
Fishing for Answers
Blame it on the goats? Desertification in the Near East during the Holocene
Cult and Architecture in the Chalcolithic Period of the Southern Levant
Ground-penetrating radar investigations at Marj Rabba, a Chalcolithic site in the lower Galilee of Israel
Shape Reproducibility and architectural symmetry during the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant
Archaeobotanical remains from late 6th/early 5th millennium BC Tel Tsaf, Israel
Implementing lead isotopes for tracing the source of copper-coated steatite beads from the south Levantine Chalcolithic period
Contextualizing Early Urbanization
Ivories in the Late Chalcolithic Period and Their Significance for Understanding Contacts Between Egypt and the Southern Levant
The Emergence of Complex Metallurgy on the Iranian Plateau
New Light on the Development of Chalcolithic Metal Technology in the Southern Levant
Reflections on the Circulation of Extraordinary Items in Early Chalcolithic Southwest Asia
The Petrographic Study of the Pottery Assemblage from Naḥal Tsafit and Its Implications for Chalcolithic Copper Production Systems
Technopoiesis—the Forgotten Dimension of Early Technique Development
New insights on the Chalcolithic period in Lebanon through radiocarbon dating
Archaic conceptions about procreation
The pre-iconography, iconography and iconology of a sixth to fifth millennium BC Near Eastern incised bone
Secondary burial cemeteries, visibility and land tenure
A Chalcolithic presence east of the Sea of Galilee
On early metallurgy and textile-production technologies in the southern Levant
Crossing the Lines”—Elaborately Decorated Chalcolithic Basalt Bowls in the Southern Levant
Late Prehistory of the Lower Galilee
Sifting Through
Basalt vessels in Chalcolithic burial caves
The role of birds in the Chalcolithic
The evolution of caprine herding in the hyper-arid zone of the southern Levant viewed through Niche Construction Theory
Feasting at Marj Rabba, An Early Chalcolithic Site in the Galilee
Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE
The “land of conjecture
Monumentality, Social Memory, and Territoriality in Neolithic–Chalcolithic Northwestern Arabia
Transregional Perspectives
Early Maceheads in the Southern Levant
Towards a typology of stone beads in the Neolithic Levant
New virtual approach to the study of metallurgy through the analysis of slice marks from the Chalcolithic site of Zanjillas (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain)
Dating and Interpreting Desert Structures
From Hangovers to Hierarchies
Urbanizing food
Placing South Levantine Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic
Getting into shape
Adding to the Complexity of Documented Burial Customs in the Ghassulian Chalcolithic Cemetery at Palmaḥim (north), Southern Levant
(Don’t) Use Your Hands
Death and Depths
Large Predator Hunting and Its Interpretation
Cultural Metallurgy—A Key Factor in the Transition from the Chalcolithic to Bronze Age in the Southern Levant
Fodder, pasture, and the development of complex society in the Chalcolithic
From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau
Dietary continuation in the southern Levant
Wild animals as resources
On Chalcolithic maceheads and spinning implements
The advent of complex metallurgy
The lost-butter technique
Early Bronze Age Basalt Vessel Remains from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath
Personal Ornaments at the Nahal Mishmar Cave of the Treasure
Ritual, art and society in the Levantine Chalcolithic
Gods, Caves, and Scholars
Origins of the state
The Cambridge Ancient History
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land
The Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology, Number 51)
Man's role in the shaping of the eastern Mediterranean landscape
Kissufim Road
Ghassulian Chalcolithic Presence at Jericho
The Neolithic-Chalcolithic Transition and the Qatifian of the Northern Negev and Sinai
The Chalcolithic in the Central Highlands of Palestine
Preliminary Report on a First Season of Excavations at Teleilat Ghassul
The Beginnings and the Development of Early Metallurgy and the Settlement and Chronology of the Western Arabah, from the Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age IV
The Late Neolithic in Palestine
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan
Preliminary Report on the Third (1993) Season of Excavations at Tell esh-Shuna North
Tulaylat Ghassul
The Wadi Faynan Project, Southern Jordan
Town and Country in the Southern Carmel
Nomadic Pastoralists and the Chalcolithic Hoard from Nahal Mishmar
The Ghassulian Culture in Palestine
Holocene Trends in 18 O in Land Snail Shells from the Negev Desert and Their Implications for Changes in Rainfall Source Areas
Tel Te’o
The Cambridge Ancient History
Palestine During the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods
Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture
Domestication of Plants in the Old World
From Foraging to Agriculture
The Early History of the Ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C.
The Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate as a reflection of regional events
Climatic Changes of the Last 18,000 Years
The Cultural Evolution of Civilizations
Beginnings of Fruit Growing in the Old World
Last hunters, first farmers
Pattern of the past
L'Effondrement des Societes Complexes
American Journal of Archaeology
Les Monuments Mégalithiques De Palestine. Par Moshé Stékélis. Archives De l'Institut De Paléontologie Humaine, Memoire 15. Paris
Transformations
Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Technology of the Gilat Pottery Assemblage
Farming? Feasting? Herding? Large Mammals from the Chalcolithic of Gilat
A Primer on Chiefs and Chiefdoms
Egyptian-Canaanite Interaction at Nahal Tillah, Israel (ca. 4500-3000 B. C. E.)
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity
Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Caves at Asherat, Western Galilee
Animal Exploitation at Early Bronze Age Ashqelon, Afridar
A Chalcolithic Workshop for the Production of Blades and Bi-facial Tools at Khirbet Yoah, the Manasseh Hills
Fauna from Five Submerged Pottery Neolithic Sites off The Carmel Coast
A Preliminary Note of The Chalcolithic Cemeteries at Shiqmim, Northern Negev Israel
Appearance of Olives in Submerged Neolithic Sites Along The Carmel Coast
Evidence of Olive Oil Production from The Submerged Site at Kfar Samir, Israel
Quaternary Environment and Man at Nahal Sekher, Northern Negev
Excavations at Tell Abu-Matar (The Hatzerim Neighborhood), Beer Sheva
Use Wear Analysis of a Chalcolithic Scraper Assemblage from Shiqmim
Horvat Hor
Prehistoric Sites in Halutza Dunes, Survey
The Jordan Valley Survey, 1953
Debt, production, and prehistory
Tell el-Ḥibr
The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land . Thomas E. Levy and Kent Flannery
Settlement and Society in the Early Bronze Age I and II, Southern Levant
Egypt and the Levant
Les fouilles d'Abou-Matar près de Beersheba
Statuettes en ivoire et autres objets en ivoire et en os provenant des gisements préhistoriques de la région de Béershéba
Recent Progress in the Late Prehistory of Palestine
The History of the Chalcolithic Settlement in the Nahal Beer Sheva Area
Ein el Jarba
ʿAin Ghazal "Monumental" Figures
A Chalcolithic "Fine Ware" from Kataret Es-Samra in the Jordan Valley
Laden Animal Figurines from the Chalcolithic Period in Palestine
From Flint Mine to Fan Scraper
A New Type of Chalcolithic Ritual Vessel and Some Implications for the Naḥal Mishmar Hoard
Settlement, Demographic, and Economic Patterns in the Highlands of Palestine in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Periods and the Beginning of Urbanism
The Chalcolithic Age in Palestine
Settlement and Demographic Processes in Israel's Coastal Plain from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze Age
Tabular Scraper Trade
The Relation of the Chalcolithic Pottery of Palestine to Halafian Ware
Neolithic Plastered Skulls and Railroading Epistemologies
Petrographic Analyses of Fourth Millennium B. C. Pottery and Stone Vessels from the Northern Negev, Israel
Shifting Patterns of Settlement in the Highlands of Central Jordan during the Early Bronze Age
A New Aspect of Chalcolithic Culture
The Chalcolithic Mortuary Site near Mezad Aluf, Northern Negev Desert
Cultures of the eighth and seventh millennia BP in the southern Levant
The Chalcolithic burial cave in Ma'avarot, Israel, and its palaeoanthropological implications
The Holocene climatic record of the salt caves of Mount Sedom Israel
Settlement Heterogeneity and Multivariate Craft Production in the Early Bronze Age Southern Levant
The Archaeology of Cult and the Chalcolithic Sanctuary at Gilat
Foraging, Farming, and Social Complexity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Southern Levant
The Micro-Endscraper
Chalcolithic Sites in Northeastern Sinai
Dimensions of Olive ( Olea Europaea ) Stones as a Reliable Parameter to Distinguish between Wild and Cultivated Varieties
Oil Production in the Golan Heights During the Chalcolithic Period
Chalcolithic Pottery from a Cave in Western Galilee
Wild Olive ( Olea europaea ) Stones from a Chalcolithic Cave at Shoham, Israel and their Implications
Analysis of the Botanical Remains from Tel Tsaf
The Ghassulian Shrine at En-gedi
The Basalt Vessels of the Chalcolithic Period and Early Bronze Age I
A Chalcolithic Site Near Serâbît El-khâdim
Shefayim
Chalcolithic Settlements in the Western Samaria Foothills
Excavations at Tel Tsaf
| Unique citing works | 105 |
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| Citations per year | 6,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 77 |