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The term #PrePotteryNeolithic was coined by K. Kenyon at the type site of #Jericho (Tell es-Sultan) to distinguish #Neolithic layers lacking any pottery from those with such implements.
It thus is a technical classification applying to this specific region - not a cultural stage.
Plate with drawings of figurines from Nevali Cori, some wearing belts. Partly broken.
Photo of one of the lime and reed sculptures from Ain Ghazal.
However, #PrePotteryNeolithic hunters very likely were aware of these properties - they did experiment with related materials, as numerous figurines (e.g. from #NevaliCori), sculptures (e.g. from #AinGhazal), even a few small vessels made of gypsum plaster (e.g. from #Karahantepe) demonstrate.
Stock photo of a broken cup, coffee spilled on floor.
The point is: Even in the #PrePotteryNeolithic they could - and *did* make #vessels.
Just not #pottery vessels. Maybe because of the fragility of this material - which may not be the most practical thing for highly mobile people repeatedly packing up all their stuff and moving on to the next place.
Photo of two stone vessels, bowl-like with perforations at the rim. They are decorated with patterns of triangles.
Well known and clearly associated with #PrePotteryNeolithic contexts are e.g. #StoneVessels from different places like #KörtikTepe in Turkey or #JerfElAhmar and #TellAbr in Syria as well as (often fragmented though) many more related sites (Göbekli Tepe for instance being one of those).
Illustration of a Neolithic house with a woman sitting on the roof, working with a pestle in a stone plate on top of another stone vessel and another women inside the house using mortar and pestle, next to here two kids eating from small bowls.
We've been talking about the #pottery part in #PrePotteryNeolithic (PPN) recently here and what other vessels and materials were in use then prior the development of ceramic containers in the #Neolithic.
So, as promised, comes here: a little #SundayArchaeology 🏺 thread ...
Tell es-Sultan, ancient #Jericho in the West Bank, one of the oldest continuously inhabited places we know and the archaeological type site where #KathleenKenyon in the 1950s defined the #PrePotteryNeolithic was just inscribed as @UNESCO...
The term #PrePotteryNeolithic was coined by K. Kenyon at the type site of #Jericho (Tell es-Sultan) to distinguish #Neolithic layers lacking any pottery from those w/ such implements.
It thus is a technical classification applying to this specific region - not a cultural stage.
#PrePotteryNeolithic hunters likely were aware of these properties - they did experiment w/ related materials, as numerous figurines (e.g. from #NevaliCori), sculptures (e.g. from #AinGhazal), even a few small vessels made of gypsum plaster (e.g. from #Karahantepe) demonstrate.
Well known and clearly associated with #PrePotteryNeolithic contexts are e.g. #StoneVessels from different places like #KörtikTepe in Turkey or #JerfElAhmar and #TellAbr in Syria as well as (often fragmented though) many more related sites (including Göbekli Tepe by the way).
Maybe fuelled by recent claims that #Neolithic hunters were too "simple" and thus not capable of cultural achievements, there seems to be a misunderstanding about the "#pottery" part in #PrePotteryNeolithic (PPN).
They actually *did* use vessels. Just other vessels.
A short 🧵:
More #PrePotteryNeolithic news from SE #Turkey: The case of the 'special structures' from #GreFıllaHöyük.
arkeonews.net/a-special-structure-cont... via @ArkeoNews
Emergence of the practice of cremation in the Near East 9000 years ago: read it here
@PLOSONE @CRFJerusalem @IsraelAntiquity
@MAENanterre #PLOSONE #MissionArchéo
#Neolithic #FuneraryArchaeology #Ancestors
#Cremation #PrePotteryNeolithic
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…
Since this question came up in related discussions repeatedly as of late, I think there might be some little misundertanding regarding the (apparent) lack of #ceramic vessels in the so-called #PrePotteryNeolithic ...
Personally, I find this particularly interesting due to my own work and research regarding the so-called #PrePotteryNeolithic in the #Levant and #Mesopotamia - which also has produces some hints at a remarkable #mortuary #ritual.
Remodeled #ancestor skulls in #PapaNewGuinea|n houses? Is there any #PrePotteryNeolithic analogy left we didn't draw yet, @In2thepast? ;-)
