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‘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
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Géographie, contexte politique et héritage

Connexions méditerranéennes, fluviales, de vallées, hauts plateaux, déserts, pèlerinage e empires

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

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

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

Contextes impériales, religieuxs, de patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

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]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Settlement expands

    Households built and rebuilt near dependable water.

    [S1] [S2]

  2. Plaster figures are deposited

    Their roles and meanings remain interpreted.

    [S1] [S3]

  3. Subsistence and settlement change

    Herding and household organization developed unevenly.

    [S1] [S2]

  4. Rescue excavation and conservation proceed

    Urban development shaped what could be recovered.

    [S2] [S3]
Culture et langue

Culture et langue en contexte

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

  • No directly attested language

Famille linguistique: Not recoverable from Neolithic material evidence

Household architecture

Plaster statues

Changing herding

Community labor

This summary describes only what the cited public sources support.

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    Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    Human Origins Program

    Smithsonian Institution · National museum research resource · Current resource

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    West Semitic Research Project

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

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    Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

    Israel Antiquities Authority · Public manuscript resource · Current resource

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    Ancient Near East collections

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

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    Petra

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    Umm Al-Jimāl

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    Emergency safeguarding of Syrian cultural heritage

    UNESCO · International heritage stewardship resource · Current resource

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    Byblos

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    Tyre

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage record · Current record

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    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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