The Human Remains from the Pottery Neolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Layers

Deborah A. Sklar-Parnes; Patricia Smith; Hamoudi Khalaily; Ofer Marder

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1fzhdmm.13

The Human Remains from the Pottery Neolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Layers

Deborah A. Sklar-Parnes, Patricia Smith, Hamoudi Khalaily, Ofer Marder

Institute of Biomedical Research at the Faculty of Dental Medicine

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Abstract

The salvage excavations carried out at Abu Ghosh during 1995 yielded the remains of eleven individuals¹ from Pottery Neolithic (PN) and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) layers (Table 9.1). The burials were found in pits and underneath a plastered floor, in both primary and secondary contexts. They are described below. This is a primary burial of an adult female oriented east–west, with the skull in the east, lying on her left side in a pit. The lower limbs were pulled tight into the chest with the feet pushed underneath the pelvis, causing it to rest above the level of the

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Neolithic Site of Abu Ghosh
Publisher	Israel Antiquities Authority / רשות העתיקות
Pages	77-85
Number of pages	9
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1fzhdmm.13
State	Published - 2003

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The Human Remains from the Pottery Neolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Layers

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