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.