SANTANA , Jonathan

The removal of crania from burials, their ritual use and their disposal, generally in cranial caches, are the most particular characteristics of the funerary ritual in the transition to the Neolithic in the Near East. Despite the importance of this ritual, detailed studies of cranial caches are rare. This funerary ritual has traditionally been...

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The extraordinary preservation of Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Spain) provides a unique opportunity to identify the materials and the techniques involved in archery during the Early Neolithic period. Arrows with preserved feathers, tied fibres, adhesive substance, and two probable bowstrings have been studied trough an unprecedented...

De cazadores recolectores a agricultores y ganaderos: investigaciones arqueológicas en Qarassa (Siria del sur), campaña de 2009

Khuraysān is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) site, dated to between the end of the 10 th millennium and first half of the 8 th millennium cal. BC. Located in the village of al-Qunayyah, by the az-Zarqāʼ river, it is 25ha in extent. To date, four occupation phases have been discovered, two corresponding to the...