The Yarmukians : Neolithic art from Shaʻar Hagolan / edited by Yosef Garfinkel. - Jerusalem : Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, [1999] - 96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Mar. 24-Aug. 30, 1999 at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).

The Yarmukians, discovering a lost culture. -- Yarmukian architecture. -- Yarmukian ceramics, the first potters in Israel. -- Yarmukian flint, basalt and limestone artifacts. -- Yarmukian economy. -- Yarmukian trade. -- Yarmukian art in clay. -- Yarmukian art in stone. -- Yarmukian geometric designs. -- Conclusions.

The discovery and subsequent excavation of an 8000-year-old culture along the Yarmuk River in the Jordan Valley reveal both a unique civilization and the richest collection of prehistoric art ever unearthed at one site in Israel. The Yarmukians is a beautifully illustrated, full-color museum catalog tracing Yarmukian history and art.


Neolithic period--Israel--Exhibitions.


Shaʻar ha-Golan Site (Israel)--Exhibitions.
Israel--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
Yarmuk River Region--Antiquities--Exhibitions.


exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

DS110.S5 / Y3713 1999