The Early Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent: Excavations at Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan

By: MATTHEWS, RogerContributor(s): MATTHEWS, Wendy | RAHEEM, Kamal Rasheed | RICHARDSON, AmyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Central Zagros Archaeological Project CZAP Reports ; 2Publication details: Oxford Oxbow Books 2020 Edition: 1stISBN: 9780000000000Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq--Kurdistan | Neolithic period--Iraq | Shimshara, Tell
Contents:
ContributorsPreface and acknowledgements1. The Neolithic transition in the Eastern Fertile Crescent: project themes, aims and objectivesRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem2. Excavation, recording, and sampling methodologiesAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews and Wendy Matthews3. Palaeoclimate and environment of the Iraqi Central ZagrosMatt Bosomworth, Dominik Fleitmann and Maria Rabbani4. Intensive field survey in the Zarzi RegionRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Raeuf Aziz5. Fluxgate gradiometry survey at BestansurDavid Thornley6. Geoarchaeological borehole, sediment and microfossil analyses at BestansurChris Green, Rob Batchelor, Maria Rabbani, Alessandro Guaggenti and Wendy Matthews7. Ethnoarchaeological research in Bestansur: insights into vegetation, land-use, animals and animal dungSarah Elliott, Robin Bendrey, Jade Whitlam and Kamal Raeuf Aziz8. ConservationJessica S. Johnson9. Excavations and contextual analyses: BestansurAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Sam Walsh, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Adam Stone10. Excavations and contextual analyses: ShimsharaWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Amy Richardson11. Radiocarbon dating of Bestansur and shimsharaPascal Flohr, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Dominik Fleitmann12. Sustainability of early sedentary agricultural communities: new insights from high-resolution microstratigraphic and micromorphological analysesWendy Matthews13.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 Almond14. Microarchaeology: the small traces of neolithic activitiesIngrid Iversen15. 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 Moore16. Early Neolithic animal management and ecology: integrated analysis of faecal materialSarah Elliott with contributions from Wendy Matthews and Ian Bull17. Bestansur molluscs: regional context and local activitiesIngrid Iversen18. The charred plant remains from Early Neolithic levels at Bestansur and ShimsharaJade Whitlam, Charlotte Diffey, Amy Bogaard and Mike Charles19. Human remains from Bestansur: demography, diet and healthSam Walsh20. Early Neolithic chipped stone worlds of Bestansur and ShimsharaRoger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Osamu Maeda21. Material culture and networks of Bestansur and ShimsharaAmy Richardson22. Ground stone tools and technologiesDavid Mudd23. Public archaeology at BestansurRhi Smith, Othman Fattah, Hero Salih, Hawar Hawas, Mathew Britten and Wendy Matthews24. The Neolithic transition in the eastern Fertile Crescent: thematic synthesis and discussionWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed RaheemBibliography
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ContributorsPreface and acknowledgements1. The Neolithic transition in the Eastern Fertile Crescent: project themes, aims and objectivesRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed Raheem2. Excavation, recording, and sampling methodologiesAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews and Wendy Matthews3. Palaeoclimate and environment of the Iraqi Central ZagrosMatt Bosomworth, Dominik Fleitmann and Maria Rabbani4. Intensive field survey in the Zarzi RegionRoger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Raeuf Aziz5. Fluxgate gradiometry survey at BestansurDavid Thornley6. Geoarchaeological borehole, sediment and microfossil analyses at BestansurChris Green, Rob Batchelor, Maria Rabbani, Alessandro Guaggenti and Wendy Matthews7. Ethnoarchaeological research in Bestansur: insights into vegetation, land-use, animals and animal dungSarah Elliott, Robin Bendrey, Jade Whitlam and Kamal Raeuf Aziz8. ConservationJessica S. Johnson9. Excavations and contextual analyses: BestansurAmy Richardson, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Sam Walsh, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Adam Stone10. Excavations and contextual analyses: ShimsharaWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Kamal Raeuf Aziz and Amy Richardson11. Radiocarbon dating of Bestansur and shimsharaPascal Flohr, Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Amy Richardson and Dominik Fleitmann12. Sustainability of early sedentary agricultural communities: new insights from high-resolution microstratigraphic and micromorphological analysesWendy Matthews13.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 Almond14. Microarchaeology: the small traces of neolithic activitiesIngrid Iversen15. 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 Moore16. Early Neolithic animal management and ecology: integrated analysis of faecal materialSarah Elliott with contributions from Wendy Matthews and Ian Bull17. Bestansur molluscs: regional context and local activitiesIngrid Iversen18. The charred plant remains from Early Neolithic levels at Bestansur and ShimsharaJade Whitlam, Charlotte Diffey, Amy Bogaard and Mike Charles19. Human remains from Bestansur: demography, diet and healthSam Walsh20. Early Neolithic chipped stone worlds of Bestansur and ShimsharaRoger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Osamu Maeda21. Material culture and networks of Bestansur and ShimsharaAmy Richardson22. Ground stone tools and technologiesDavid Mudd23. Public archaeology at BestansurRhi Smith, Othman Fattah, Hero Salih, Hawar Hawas, Mathew Britten and Wendy Matthews24. The Neolithic transition in the eastern Fertile Crescent: thematic synthesis and discussionWendy Matthews, Roger Matthews, Amy Richardson and Kamal Rasheed RaheemBibliography