Mount Nebo. An Archaeological Survey of the Region
Vol. I. The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic Periods
A part of the series Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus (8) , and the subject area Archaeology
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During six seasons (1992-1998) an intensive survey of the Mount Nebo region was accomplished under the auspices of the Franciscan Archaeological Institute at Mount Nebo and the Danish Palestine Foundation. It was followed by a brief reconnaissance in 2008. The survey was carried out in the field by a small group of archaeologists, directed by Peder Mortensen. The group was occasionally joined by Michele Piccirillo and by Carmelo Pappalardo from the Franciscan Archaeological Institute.
Centered around Mount Nebo, the survey covered an area of approximately 35 square kilometres varying in elevation from -100 to +800 metres. Within the region 748 sites and monuments - in time ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Late Ottoman periods - were located.
The attention was primarily concentrated on the large number of megalithic monuments: 194 dolmens, 41 lines of stones and menhirs, and 316 circular megalithic tombs. Together with other finds from the Chalcolithic, Bronze- and Iron Ages, and from the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods they will be published in two successive volumes.
This volume, however, is dedicated to the description of 79 locations and single finds, which can be attributed to the Stone Age.
Table of contents
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
The Lower Palaeolithic Period
The Middle Palaeolithic Period
The Upper- and Epipalaeolithic Periods
The Neolithic Periods
Conclusion
Bibliography
