Deep History of the Levant: Communities, Cities, and Imperial Crossroads
Amman-Zarqa uplands · Perfil con revisión de fuentes

‘Ain Ghazal households and Neolithic community life

‘Ain Ghazal

Architecture, burials, statues, animal and plant remains, craft, and disposal areas illuminate household and communal change near a major spring.

Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic settlement, household, ritual, labor, and subsistence context Approximately 7200-5000 BCE Architecture, stratigraphy, burials, plaster statues, fauna, plants, tools, craft debris, and radiocarbon dating ‘Ain Ghazal archaeological site; a settlement reference, not a religious or ethnic capital
Resumen

Geografía, contexto político y legado

Conexiones mediterráneas, fluviales, de valles, tierras altas, desiertos, peregrinación e imperios

Spring water, fields, grazing, wild resources, houses, and regional exchange supported changing settlement.

Organización política y escala comunitaria

Household and communal coordination changed over time; centralized government is not demonstrated.

Contextos imperiales, religiosos, de patrimonio vivo y recepción moderna

Jordanian stewardship protects the site; statues and burials cannot establish modern religion or ancestry.

Settlement large, long-lived community

Size does not equal city, state, or homogeneous people.

Reviewed 2026 [S1] [S2]
Statues selected plaster deposits

They do not prove one uniform religion.

Reviewed 2026 [S1] [S3]
Labor household and communal work

Gender, status, and coercion require contextual evidence.

Reviewed 2026 [S2] [S3]
Secuencia histórica

Una cronología breve y documentada

Estos hitos sirven de orientación y no constituyen una historia completa.

  1. Settlement expands

    Households built and rebuilt near dependable water.

  2. Plaster figures are deposited

    Their roles and meanings remain interpreted.

  3. Subsistence and settlement change

    Herding and household organization developed unevenly.

  4. Rescue excavation and conservation proceed

    Urban development shaped what could be recovered.

Cultura e idioma

Cultura y lengua en contexto

Idiomas mencionados en este perfil

  • No directly attested language

Familia lingüística: Not recoverable from Neolithic material evidence

Household architecture

Plaster statues

Changing herding

Community labor

This summary describes only what the cited public sources support.

Guía de investigación con IA

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Registro de pruebas

Fuentes utilizadas en esta página

Prefer primary and accountable public-institution sources.

  1. C1

    Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  2. C2

    Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  3. C3

    Human Origins Program

    Smithsonian Institution · National museum research resource · Current resource

  4. C4

    West Semitic Research Project

    University of Southern California · Academic inscription and manuscript project · Current resource

  5. C5

    Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

    Israel Antiquities Authority · Public manuscript resource · Current resource

  6. C6

    Ancient Near East collections

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum research collection · Current database

  7. C7

    Petra

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  8. C8

    Umm Al-Jimāl

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  9. C9

    Emergency safeguarding of Syrian cultural heritage

    UNESCO · International heritage stewardship resource · Current resource

  10. C10

    Byblos

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  11. C11

    Tyre

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

  12. C12

    American Center of Research in Jordan

    ACOR · Regional archaeological research institution · Current resource

  13. S1

    ‘Ain Ghazal research resources

    American Center of Research · Regional research institution · Current resource

  14. S2

    Jordan archaeological heritage

    Department of Antiquities of Jordan · National heritage authority · Current resource

  15. S3

    ‘Ain Ghazal statues

    Smithsonian Institution · National museum resource · Current resource

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Revisión editorial: 6 agosto 2026