The Neolithic Site of Eh-Sayyeh / Jordan: Final Report on the Results from the Archaeological Investigations 2013–2015

Karin Bartl; Zeidan Kafafi; Thomas Urban; Laura Dietrich; Kristina Pfeiffer; Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow; Bernhard Weninger; Mustafa al-Naddaf; Reinder Neef; Norbert Benecke; Julia Gresky

doi:10.34780/v1y3-17ck

The Neolithic Site of Eh-Sayyeh / Jordan: Final Report on the Results from the Archaeological Investigations 2013–2015

https://doi.org/10.34780/v1y3-17ck

List of Contributors

Karin Bartl [Volume editor] German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department
Zeidan Kafafi [Volume editor] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4262-4618 Yarmouk University, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology
Thomas Urban [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
Laura Dietrich [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-0576 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Kristina Pfeiffer [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8350-0882 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
Bernhard Weninger [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-6529 Universität zu Köln
Mustafa al-Naddaf [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-7804 Yarmouk University, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology
Reinder Neef [Chapter Author] Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften
Norbert Benecke [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-8594 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften
Julia Gresky [Chapter Author] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-2757 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Referat Naturwissenschaften

Synopsis

The archaeological site of eh-Sayyeh is located north of the city of az-Zarqa in central Jordan and was re-explored between 2013 and 2015 after initial investigations in the 1990s. It has a longer sequence of Neolithic layers from the late 8th and 7th millennia BC (calibrated dates) and shows also traces of more recent occupation up to Late Antiquity. The results of the 2013–2015 excavations prove that the settlement phases LPPNB (7500–7000/6900 BC) and PPNC (7000/6900–6400 BC) are characterised by clear continuities in terms of subsistence, architecture and the inventory of chipped lithic finds, which can be traced in part to the Yarmoukian.

Keywords:

Neolithic, Southern Levant, Pre-Pottery Neolithic C, PPNC, Yarmoukian

Chapters

Foreword

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
I Introduction
I. 1 The site and its setting

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
I. 2 History of archaeological research in the Wadi az-Zarqa region

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
I.3 Aims

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
I. 4 Recording methods

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi, Thomas Urban
II The Architecture
II.1 Introduction

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
II.2 The West Area

Zeidan Kafafi, Karin Bartl
II.3 The Central Area

Laura Dietrich, Kristina Pfeiffer, Karin Bartl
II.4 The East Are

Zeidan Kafafi, Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow
II.5 Summary

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
III The Radiocarbon Dates

Bernhard Weninger, Karin Bartl
IV The Chipped Lithic Finds

Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow
V The Pottery
V.1 Pottery Typology

Zeidan Kafafi
V.2 Pottery Technology

Mustafa al-Naddaf
VI The Small Finds
VI.1 Catalogue of small finds

Karin Bartl
VI.2 Functional analyses on selected finds

Laura Dietrich
VII The Botanical Remains

Reinder Neef
VIII The Faunal Remains

Norbert Benecke
IX The Human Remains

Julia Gresky
X Summary and Conclusions

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
الملخص والاستنتاجات

Karin Bartl, Zeidan Kafafi
Bibliography
Figures and Plates, Credits
List of Contributors (alphabetical order)