Transformations of society
The changing role of ritual and symbolism in the PPNB and the PN in the Levant, Syria and south-east Anatolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6107586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Verhoeven (0009-0003-8100-9372, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-13 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paléorient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0153-9345 • E-ISSN: 1957-701X |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/paleo.2002.4735 |
| OpenAlex | W2067304358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic В (PPNB) and the Pottery Neolithic (PN) in the Levant, Syria and South-East Anatolia are compared with regard to ritual practice and symbolism. With regard to ritual, it is argued that instead of the suggested structuring principles in the PPNB of communality, dominant symbolism, vitality and people-animal linkage, PN rituals were marked by what has been called domesticity. In the apparent absence of a clear social hierarchy and leadership in both the PPNB and the PN — apart from probable village meetings - communal ritual in the PPNB and pottery decoration in the PN are considered to have been (symbolic) systems which helped to regulate society. The transformations from PPNB to PN society - which probably consisted not only of farmers but of nomadic pastoralists and hunter- gatherer s as well - seem to have been caused a complex set interrelated social and economic factors
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Ethnology · Geography · Hierarchy · Israelites · Middle East · Political science · Pottery · Social hierarchy · Sociology · Southern Levant · Theology · Vitality · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 1.59 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |