Life, death, and the destruction of architecture: Hunter-gatherer mortuary behaviors in prehistoric Jordan
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The end of the Pleistocene in Southwest Asia is widely known for emergence socially-complex hunter-gatherers—the Natufians—characterized by a rich material culture record, including elaborate burials. In comparison, human interments that predate Natufian are rare. discovery and excavation hut structure at 20,000-year-old Epipalaeolithic site Kharaneh IV eastern Jordan reveals remains an adult female intentionally placed semi-flexed position on one structure’s floors. was burned down shortly after her deposition, extensively charring remains. burying dead within structures burning domestic well-known from later Neolithic periods, although their combination as mortuary practice However, Early Epipalaeolithic, containing primary deposition novel signifies early appearance intentional bodies treatment symbolic behaviors associated with interrelated life histories people.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0278-4165', '1090-2686']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101262