ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Ain Mallaha, Zagros Mountains, Wild Boar
10 Dec 2020
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Period just before agriculture (roughly 11,000-9,000 b. c. ) is referred to as the. Most evidence from the period comes from the levant (a mountainous region in the eastern mediterranean) Increased sites/people with more rainfall and abundant vegetation. Ain mallaha is located in israel , one of the earliest villages in the world (dating to. Grinding tools of mortars and querns occasionally set into the floor. Wild pig, three kinds of deer, wild goat, wild cattle, wild horse and especially gazelle, bird/tortoise/shellfish remains also found) Lake an important resource for this population, indicated by the fish and shellfish remains along with net-sinkers. Wild cereals played an important role in diet as is evident from abundance of sickle blades and other plant-processing equipment. Two kinds of burial found in ain mallaha: Individual interments, including child and infant burials beneath stone slabs under the house floors. Collective burials in pits, either intact or as secondary reburials after soft issue had disappeared.
