Vol. I. The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic Periods

En del af serien Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus (8) og fagområdet Arkæologi

During six seasons (1992-1998) an intensive survey of the Mount Nebo region was accomplished under the auspices of the Franciscan Archaeological Institute at Mount Nebo and the Danish Palestine Foundation. It was followed by a brief reconnaissance in 2008. The survey was carried out in the field by a small group of archaeologists, directed by Peder Mortensen. The group was occasionally joined by Michele Piccirillo and by Carmelo Pappalardo from the Franciscan Archaeological Institute.

Centered around Mount Nebo, the survey covered an area of approximately 35 square kilometres varying in elevation from -100 to +800 metres. Within the region 748 sites and monuments – in time ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Late Ottoman periods – were located.

The attention was primarily concentrated on the large number of megalithic monuments: 194 dolmens, 41 lines of stones and menhirs, and 316 circular megalithic tombs. Together with other finds from the Chalcolithic, Bronze- and Iron Ages, and from the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods they will be published in two successive volumes.

This volume, however, is dedicated to the description of 79 locations and single finds, which can be attributed to the Stone Age.

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

The Lower Palaeolithic Period

The Middle Palaeolithic Period

The Upper- and Epipalaeolithic Periods

The Neolithic Periods

Conclusion

Bibliography

Inge Demant Mortensen, Peder Mortensen og Ingolf Thuesen

146 sider ill.
Hardback
Udgivet 25. marts 2013
ISBN 978 87 7124 078 8