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This volume provides an overview of the excavations in two contiguous cemeteries of the Chalcolithic period, Quleh and Mazor (West), in the central coastal plain of Israel. The excavations were carried out as a salvage project on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority under the direction of Ianir Milevski. This volume presents in detail the excavated caves and the finds within them, including the pottery, ossuaries, lithic finds, human and faunal remains. The main issues in this volume relate to different analyses used for better understanding the site within its geographical landscape and chronological framework of the second half of the 5th millennium BC in the southern Levant. These analyses include the iconography, provenance and technological aspects of the ceramic vessels and clay ossuaries, and the distribution of the finds in the caves. In addition to being an excavation report, this volume includes synthesis studies of the distribution of settlements and cemeteries of the Chalcolithic Ghassulian culture, and the relationships between both types of sites and the burial system of that period. These relationships are deciphered by means of petrography and viewshed analysis utilizing GIS systems. The volume emphasizes the anthropological and social aspects of the iconography of the Ghassulian culture of the Chalcolithic period and a comprehensive view of the religious beliefs encompassed in these burial practices.

Cemeteries --- Tombs --- Grave goods --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Copper age --- Ghassul culture. --- Cimetières --- Tombeaux --- Mobilier funéraire --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Funérailles --- Chalcolithique --- Ghassoulien. --- Ghassulian. --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire --- Israel --- Palestine --- Israël --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités.

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Ashqelon Barne'a the Early Bronze Age Site, Volume II, the Finds (IAA reports 70), is the second of two volumes comprising the complete and final report of the three excavation seasons at the Early Bronze Age I site of Ashqelon Barne'a that took place in 2004 and 2005. Volume I (IAA Reports 65) includes an introduction to the excavations, the geographical and geomorphological setting, the stratigraphy, architecture and settlement planning, radiocarbon (14C) dating and an appendix concerning Byzantine remains. Volume II , the finds, is comprised of thirteen chapters and includes a full presentation of the ceramic assemblage, its petrographic analysis, the flint and groundstone assemblages, the metal objects, the bone tool industry, small finds of ceramic and stone, human skeletal remains and mortuary practices, the faunal, fish, mollusc and archaeobotanical remains as well as a full summary and discussion of the excavation and its finds.

Bronze age--Israel--Ashkelon. --- Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Ashkelon. --- Ashkelon (Israel)--Antiquities.

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