book chapter

An early village site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar

Undena Publications • 13 • Published In 1981 • Pages: vi, 1-71, 81-116 , [13] of plates

By: Solecki, Rose L..

Abstract

Zawi Chemi Shanidar is an open air site in northeastern Iraq that had fairly good preservation with bone and horn found. The date for the site and the microlithic stone tools indicate the site is from a transitional period from the late Epipaleolithic to the Prepottery Neolithic. As microlithic chipped stone tools are usually considered to be Epipaleolithic, they were not indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. There was a wide range of chipped stone tools, including many for food processing of grains or nuts. There is indirect evidence for cereal agriculture and by the end of the settlement's occupation, the residents had domestic sheep. One structure was found that appears to have been for religious purposes as it had a ritual deposit nearby composed of goat skulls and wing bones from predatory birds.

HRAF PubDate

2009

Region

Middle East

Sub Region

Middle East

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2007

Field Date

1956-1957, and 1960

Coverage Date

early village, Layer B; 10,870±300 BP

Coverage Place

Zawi Chemi Shanidar, Iraq

Notes

by Rose L. Solecki

Includes bibliographical references (p. [81]-85)

end figures and plates paginated as 86-116

LCSH

Neolithic period--Iraq--Zawi Chemi Shanidar Site/Paleolithic period--Iraq--Zawi Chemi Shanidar Site/Zawi Chemi Shanidar Site (Iraq)