44426
Accession Number
27112
Author
Garfinkel, Yosef
Title Of Article Chaper
Yiftahel: A Neolithic Village from the Seventh Millennium B.C. in Lower Galilee, Israel
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of Field Archaeology
Volume
14
Pages
199-212
Collation
14 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
As part of a large salvage project at Yiftahel, Lower Galilee, Israel, layers of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (of the 7th millennium B.C.) were uncovered. The excavation concentrated on a single dwelling, Structure 700, one of the largest of this period ever excavated in the Levant. Evidence for spatial variation in usage enables reconstruction of some of the activities carried out within and outside the dwelling. A unique find was a store of more than 2000 horsebean seeds, which predates the earliest previously- known use of this vetch by about 2000 years. The excellent state of preservation of the significant botanical and faunal remains at Yiftahel enables a better understanding of the diffusion of domesticated plants and animals and their exploitation in the various Neolithic communities. Finds include: red brick containing non-diagnostic flint; plaster floors and walls made from locally- burnt lime; wooden doorposts;limestone anvils; beads made of greenstone (malachite and rosasite), serpentine, grey agate and bone, with their borers and a lump of greenstone.
Keywords
Yiftahel;Israel;excavation
pub_id
44426