Title The early neolithic of the eastern Fertile Crescent : excavations at Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan / edited by Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Kamal Rasheed Raheem and Amy Richardson

Published Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Series Central Zagros Archaeological Project ; volume 2 CZAP reports ; v. 2 Contents Contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The Neolithic transition in the Eastern Fertile Crescent: project themes, aims and objectivesRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem -- 2. Excavation, recording, and sampling methodologiesAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews and Wendy Matthews -- 3. Palaeoclimate and environment of the Iraqi Central ZagrosMatt Bosomworth, Dominik Fleitmann and Maria Rabbani -- 4. Intensive field survey in the Zarzi RegionRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Raeuf Aziz -- 5. Fluxgate gradiometry survey at BestansurDavid Thornley -- 6. Geoarchaeological borehole, sediment and microfossil analyses at BestansurChris Green, Rob Batchelor, Maria Rabbani, Alessandro Guaggenti and Wendy Matthews -- 7. Ethnoarchaeological research in Bestansur: insights into vegetation, land-use, animals and animal dungSarah Elliott, Robin Bendrey, Jade Whitlam and Kamal Raeuf Aziz -- 8. ConservationJessica S. Johnson -- 9. Excavations and contextual analyses: BestansurAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Sam Walsh, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Adam Stone -- 10. Excavations and contextual analyses: ShimsharaWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Amy Richardson -- 11. Radiocarbon dating of Bestansur and shimsharaPascal Flohr, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Dominik Fleitmann -- 12. Sustainability of early sedentary agricultural communities: new insights from high-resolution microstratigraphic and micromorphological analysesWendy Matthews -- 13.integrated micro-analysis of the built environment and resource use: high-resolution microscopy and geochemical, mineralogical and biomolecular approachesWendy Matthews, Aroa Garcia-Suarez, Marta Portillo, Chris Speed, Georgia Allistone, Ian Bull, Jessica Godleman and Matthew Almond -- 14. Microarchaeology: the small traces of neolithic activitiesIngrid Iversen -- 15. Animal remains and human-animal-environment relationships at Early Neolithic Bestansur and ShimsharaRobin Bendrey, Wim Van Neer, Salvador Bailon, Juan Rofes, Jeremy Herman, Mel Morlin and Tom Moore -- 16. Early Neolithic animal management and ecology: integrated analysis of faecal materialSarah Elliott with contributions from Wendy Matthews and Ian Bull -- 17. Bestansur molluscs: regional context and local activitiesIngrid Iversen -- 18. The charred plant remains from Early Neolithic levels at Bestansur and ShimsharaJade Whitlam, Charlotte Diffey, Amy Bogaard and Mike Charles -- 19. Human remains from Bestansur: demography, diet and healthSam Walsh -- 20. Early Neolithic chipped stone worlds of Bestansur and ShimsharaRoger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Osamu Maeda -- 21. Material culture and networks of Bestansur and Shimshara Amy Richardson -- 22. Ground stone tools and technologiesDavid Mudd -- 23. Public archaeology at BestansurRhi Smith, Othman Fattah, Hero Salih, Hawar Hawas, Mathew Britten and Wendy Matthews -- 24. The Neolithic transition in the eastern Fertile Crescent: thematic synthesis and discussionWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem -- Bibliography Summary The Eastern Fertile Crescent region of western Iran and eastern Iraq hosted major developments in the transition from hunter-forager to farmer-herder lifestyles through the Early Neolithic period, 10,000-7000 BC. Within the scope of the Central Zagros Archaeological Project, excavations have been conducted since 2012 at two Early Neolithic sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Bestansur and Shimshara. Bestansur represents an early stage in the transition to sedentary, farming life, where the inhabitants pursued a mixed strategy of hunting, foraging, herding and cultivating, maximizing the new opportunities afforded by the warmer, wetter climate of the Early Holocene. They also constructed substantial buildings of mudbrick, including a major building with a minimum of 65 human individuals, mainly infants, buried under its floor in association with hundreds of beads. These human remains provide new insights into mortuary practices, demography, diet and disease Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020) Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Kurdistān Neolithic period -- Iraq -- Kurdistān Social Science / Archaeology. History / Ancient. Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Neolithic period SUBJECT Iraq -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067936 Iraq -- History -- To 634. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067942 Subject Iraq -- Kurdistān Iraq Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Matthews, Roger, Dr., editor ISBN 9781789255270 1789255279 9781789255294 1789255295

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