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Index abandonment, xii, 179, 181, 184–91, 223, 270 Abu Ghosh, 128, 142, 146 Abu Hudhud, 136 Abu Hureyra, Tel, 24, 87–88, 98, 103, 215; burials at, 74, 148–49; plant use at, 63, 64, 141; size of, 145, 176 Abu Hureyra 1: 51, 58, 66, 68, 69, 78–79, 82 Abu Hureyra 2: 126 Abu Maadi, 88, 90 Abu Salem, 68, 126 Aceramic Neolithic, 87. See also Pre-Pottery Neolithic aggregation, 106–7, 128, 188, 270 agriculture, 23, 188, 192, 224, 249; climate change and, 20–21; ground stone use and, 55–56; impacts of, 266–67; irrigation, 212–13; mortality rates and, 147–48; Natufian and, 49, 85; origins of, 11–20, 103–4; PPNB, 139–40 Ain Abū Nukhayla, 127, 134 Ain Ghazal, 44, 123, 128, 132, 134 (fig.), 151, 153, 183, 185, 186, 187, 193, 203, 224, 271, 275; archaeology of, 194– 97; architecture at, 211–12; domestic animals at, 142–43; as megasite, 176, 178–79, 181, 276; PN occupation of, 215, 218; ritual at, 138–39, 155, 184; size of, 145, 216; skeletal remains at, 147, 149; social organization at, 161, 223 Ain Jamman, 127, 161 Ain Mallaha, 58–59, 67, 68, 72, 75, 76 Ais Yiorkis, 238, 241–43, 257, 263 Akanthou Arkosyko, 236, 238, 244, 248 Akrotiri Aetokremnos, 231–32, 245, 254, 255, 261, 262–63 Akrotiri Phase, 231–32, 233, 234, 262 Ali Kosh, 122, 128, 218 Allerød-Bølling climatic regime, 38 Amuq A-B, 199, 206 Amuq subtradition, 132, 133, 200, 215 Anatolia, xii, 22, 34, 49, 51, 100, 110, 165, 230, 232 ancestor cult, 109–10 animal husbandry, 25, 224, 139–40. See also domestication animals, 48, 102, 187, 191, 228; on Cyprus, 34, 244, 250–51; domestication of, 12, 21, 60, 62–63, 104–5, 141–44; hunting of, 61–62; KC, 249– 50; in Levant, 32–33; Natufian use of, 61–62; PPNA use of, 104–5, 108, 111; representations of, 94–95, 158, 236; ritual use of, 154–55. See also by type Anti-Lebanon Mountains, 31, 51, 118 archaeology: at Aetokremnos, 262–63; at Ain Ghazal, 194–97; data gaps, 266–69; at Ghwair I, 169–74; multinational , x–xi; at Nachcharini Cave, 118–20; in Negev, 168–69; preservation and funding of, 275–76; research trends in, 269–70; social role of, 330 Index 278–79; technology in, 27–28; theoretical directions in, 264–66; at Wadi Feinan, 227–28 Archaic Neolithic stage, 88 architecture, 161–62, 178, 246, 272; CPPNB, 235, 238–40, 242, 243 (fig.), 244; at Ghwair I, 170–74; Natufian, 58–59, 77; PN, 209–12, 218, 223, 226; PPNA, 79, 95–101, 110, 112, 117; PPNB, 133–39, 151, 159, 167 art, 76, 84, 100, 108 artifacts: Natufian, 53–58, 84; PN, 203–9; PPNA, 91–95; PPNB, 130– 33, 158. See also by type Ashkelon, 139 Asikli, 209 Aswad, Tel, 88, 103, 106, 116, 126, 136, 140, 141 Aswadian, 87, 88, 93 Atlit-Yam (Atlit Yam), 41, 129, 139, 143, 144, 148, 256 aurochs, 100, 110, 151, 155, 214 Ayios Epiktitos Vrysi, 251–52 Azraq region, 67, 129 Bab edh-Dhra, 217 Baja, 127, 133, 151, 275 barley: on Cyprus, 238, 241; domesticated , 60, 64, 140, 141; wild, 42, 61, 63, 103, 238 base camps: Natufian, 59, 67 basketry, 94, 133 Basta, 127, 133, 146, 149, 161, 178–79 beer brewing, 213 Beidha, 67, 68, 100, 127, 130, 134, 159, 171, 275, 277 (fig.) Beisamoun, 128, 129, 146, 181, 182 Beqaa Valley, 31, 68 Big Arrowhead Industries, 130, 241 ‘‘Big Man’’ rivalry, 18–19 birds, 61, 94, 104, 105 bitumen, 115, 116, 225 boar hunting, 61, 104, 140 bone artifacts, 57, 94, 133 bricks: in PPNA structures, 86, 95, 97 Bronze Age, 203, 217, 238 bulls, 94–95, 100, 108, 110, 151 burials, 57, 235, 247, 252, 267; cat, 236–38; CPPNB, 235, 240; gender studies of, 81–83; at Ghwair I, 171– 72; Natufian, 71–74, 84; PN, 217, 218–19, 221–22; PPNA, 107–8, 109– 10, 117; PPNB, 146–50, 151, 152–55, 167; ritual in, 75–76, 77; and social structure, 79–81 Byblos, 121, 132, 133, 199, 200, 204, 216, 225 Çafer Hoyuk, 126, 140 Çan Hassan, 141, 209 caprines. See goats; sheep Carmel, Mount, 49, 51, 55, 67, 69 Çatalhöyük, 108, 122, 128, 145, 154, 175–76, 189, 215, 222, 265; architecture at, 209, 210, 218; figurines from, 157, 208...

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