Book
Early village life at Beidha, Jordan: neolithic spatial organization and vernacular architecture, the excavations of Mrs Diana Kirkbride-Helbæk
Oxford University Press • (2) • Published In 2005 • Pages: iii-xiv, 442
By: Byrd, Brian F., Kirkbride-Helbæk, Diana.
Abstract
Byrd describes the excavations at Beidha, one of the few sites that has been substantially excavated, giving us a better idea of what a complete village would have looked like. The excavatons were conducted under the direction of the late Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek. Brian Byrd participated in the final season of excavations and wrote this document. He describes the excavations, the organization of the field notes and photographs, the stratigraphy, the architecture and village layout, and briefly describes some of the artifacts found within the buildings. Beidha was occupied in the late Epipaleolithic, the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, and the Nabatean. This report focuses on the PPNB settlement and its architecture and discusses the rise of private property.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field Date
- 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983
- Coverage Date
- Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; 9178 BP- 8596 BP (7178 BC-6596 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Beidha, Jordon
- Notes
- by Brian F. Byrd
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-144)
- LCCN
- 2005282423
- LCSH
- Architecture, Domestic--Jordan--Beidha Site/Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan--Beidha Site/Vernacular architecture--Jordan--Beidha Site/Community organization--Jordan--History--To 1500/Beidha Site (Jordan)