The domestication of water: The Neolithic well at Sha'ar Hagolan, Jordan Valley, Israel

Yosef Garfinkel; Ariel Vered; Ofer Bar-Yosef

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00094138

The domestication of water: The Neolithic well at Sha'ar Hagolan, Jordan Valley, Israel

Yosef Garfinkel^*, Ariel Vered, Ofer Bar-Yosef

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Institute of Archaeology

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Abstract

A well in the Jordan Valley shows that the Neolithic revolution included an understanding of underground water and how to access it. The excavation of the well in longtitudinal cross-section is also something of a revolution in fieldwork.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	686-696
Number of pages	11
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	80
Issue number	309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00094138
State	Published - Sep 2006

Keywords

Hydrology
Jordan Valley
Neolithic
Water
Well

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