Site Components: | |||
PERIOD | FEATURE TYPE | SIZE (ha) | DESCRIPTION |
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Paleolithic | Stratified Material Culture with No Structures | 0 | |
Paleolithic | Pit Burial | 0 | |
Paleolithic | Hearth | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Village Site (No Fortifications) | ||
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Platform | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Courtyard | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Temple / Shrine | ||
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Sanctuary / High Place | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Hamlet / Farmstead | ||
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Baths / Bathroom | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Storage Facility / Silo | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Furnace | ||
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Other Industrial Installations | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Sub-Floor Burial | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Frescoes | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Statue / Sculpture / Bas-Relief | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic B | Hearth | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Village Site (No Fortifications) | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Courtyard | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Storage Facility / Silo | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Other Industrial Installations | 0 | |
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Sub-Floor Burial | ||
Pre-pottery Neolithic C | Hearth | 0 | |
Pottery Neolithic A/Yarmoukian | Village Site (No Fortifications) | 0 | |
Pottery Neolithic A/Yarmoukian | Courtyard | 0 | |
Pottery Neolithic A/Yarmoukian | Stone Circle | 0 | |
Pottery Neolithic A/Yarmoukian | Storage Facility / Silo | 0 | |
Pottery Neolithic A/Yarmoukian | Kiln | 0 | |
Byzantine | Sherd / Flint Scatter | 0 |
Site Record: | |
DAAHL SITE #: | 353100107 |
SITE NAME: | Ain Ghazal |
NOTES: | Elevation from Google Elevation Service. |
SIZE: | 300000 |
ELEVATION: | 705 |
FLINT: | No |
POTTERY: | No |
STRUCTURE: | No |
INSCRIPTION: | No |
Alternate Site Names: | ||
MNEMONIC | ARTICLE | SITE NAME |
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AIN GHAZAL |
Condition Report: 1996-12-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OVERALL CONDITION: | Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OVERALL RATING: | Preservation Imperative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CUMULATIVE RISK: | Unknown / Not Noted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SEVERITY OF RISK: | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTES: | PPNB CLAY FIGURINES. DISTURBANCE ALSO CODES 21,15,12,04. Plaster human statues & busts, PPNB clay figurines. disturbance also codes:(21,15,12,04,22). PPNB clay figurines. PPNB plaster human statues and busts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE VISITED: | 1996-12-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENTERED BY: | HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE ENTERED: | 1996-12-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References: | |
REFERENCE: | BANNING E.B. & BYRD B.F.1984 |
TITLE: | The Architecture of PPNB 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan |
SERIAL NAME: | BASOR 255,p.15-20,figs.1-4. |
REFERENCE: | HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.1984a |
TITLE: | eds., Argile, source de vie. Sept millenaires de ceramique en Jordanie , Bruxelles. (= Documents du Proche-Orient ancien 3) |
REFERENCE: | HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.1984a |
TITLE: | eds., Argile, source de vie. Sept millenaires de ceramique en Jordanie , Bruxelles. (= Documents du Proche-Orient ancien 3) |
REFERENCE: | HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.1984b |
TITLE: | eds., Klei, Bron van leven. Zevenduizend jaar pottenbakkerskunstin Jordanie , Brussel. (= Dokumenten van het oude Nabije Oosten3) |
REFERENCE: | KURDI H.1972b |
TITLE: | A brief note on a Bronze Bowl and a Fibula from a Tomb in "Ain Ghazal" (Madaba region - Jordan) |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 17,p.91-92,pls.1-2. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON & SIMMONS 1985 |
TITLE: | Excavation at 'Ain Gazal 1984: Preliminary Report. |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 29,p.11-13. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & ABU GHANEIMA K.1983 |
TITLE: | Technological Analysis of Blades and Flakes from 'Ain Ghazal |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 27,p.461-469,fig.1. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & LEONARD A.L.1982 |
TITLE: | Excavations at PPN B 'Ain Ghazal |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 26,p.411-413,figs.1-2. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & SIMMONS A.H.1983 |
TITLE: | Le village PPNB d'Ain Ghazal (Jordanie). 1982-1983 = AURENCHE ed., |
SERIAL NAME: | Syria 60,p.302-303,figs.1-2. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & SIMMONS A.H.1984b |
TITLE: | Excavations at 'Ain Ghazal, Amman, 1982-1983 = PICCIRILLO ed., |
SERIAL NAME: | LA 34,p.428-430,pl.87. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & SIMMONS A.H.1985 |
TITLE: | The Early Neolithic Village of 'Ain Ghazal : Preliminary Reporton the 1983 Season |
SERIAL NAME: | BASOR Suppl. 23,p.35-52,figs.1-13. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. & SULEIMAN E.1983 |
TITLE: | Survey of PPNB Structures at 'Ain Ghazal |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 27,p.471-479,pl.99. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. ET AL.1984 |
TITLE: | Excavations at the PPNB Village of Ain Ghazal (Jordan), 1982 |
SERIAL NAME: | MDOG 116,p.139-183. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O. ET AL.1985 |
TITLE: | Excavations at Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Village at 'Ain Ghazal (Jordan) 1983 |
SERIAL NAME: | MDOG 117,p.69-116,figs.1-14. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1983a |
TITLE: | The 1982 Excavation at 'Ain Ghazal : Preliminary report |
SERIAL NAME: | ADAJ 27,p.1-15,figs.1-3,pl.1,tables 1-4. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1983b |
TITLE: | Two Seasons of Excavations at 'Ain el-Assad near Azraq, EasternJordan, 1980-1981 |
SERIAL NAME: | BASOR 252,p.25-34,figs.1-5. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1983c |
TITLE: | Excavations at Ain Ghazal, Amman = PICCIRILLO ed., |
SERIAL NAME: | LA 33,p.409,pl.72. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1983d |
TITLE: | 8,000 Year Old Statues Discovered at Ain Ghazal (Jordan) |
SERIAL NAME: | Newsletter ASOR 35:2,p.1-3. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1983e |
TITLE: | Ritual and Ceremony at Neolithic Ain Ghazal (Jordan) |
SERIAL NAME: | Paleorient 9:2,p.29-38,pls.1-4. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1984a |
TITLE: | Neolithic Art from Ain Ghazal (Jordan) |
SERIAL NAME: | Arts and the Islamic World 2:2,p.61-62,74. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1984b |
TITLE: | 'Ain Ghazal : An Early Neolithic Community in Highland Jordan, Near Amman |
SERIAL NAME: | BASOR 255,p.3-14,figs.1-4. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1984c |
TITLE: | Early Neolithic Statuary from Ain Ghazal (Jordan) |
SERIAL NAME: | MDOG 116,p.185-192. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1984e |
TITLE: | Ain Ghazal: Jordanian "History" 8,000 Years Ago |
SERIAL NAME: | Yarmouk Magazine 4:4,p.43-45.(Arabic) |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1984f |
TITLE: | Prehistoric Archaeology at Ain Ghazal |
SERIAL NAME: | Yarmouk University Annual 5,p.203-204. (Arabic) |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1985a |
TITLE: | The 1983 Season at the Early Neolithic Site of Ain Ghazal |
SERIAL NAME: | National Geographic Research 1:1,p.44-62. |
REFERENCE: | ROLLEFSON G.O.1985c |
TITLE: | Description of Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Moab Survey (Worschech), 1983 = WORSCHECH ed.,p.78-85. |
REFERENCE: | TUBB K.M.1985 |
TITLE: | Preliminary Report on the 'Ain Ghazal Statues |
SERIAL NAME: | MDOG 117,p.117-134,figs.1-17. |
The beginning of the Neolithic period is arbitrarily defined by the appearance of agriculture, which appeared in the Levant at ca. 8,300 bc. 'Ain Ghazal was not founded until almost a thousand years later, and because of the local ecological combinations and the persistent presence of water (the permanent stream of the Zarqa River and the copious spring of 'Ain Ghazal itself), it continued to exist as a permanent settlement until around 5,000 bc or perhaps even later (cf. Rollefson et al. 1992: Table 1). This long duration of constant occupation - more than 2,000 years - is one of the most important aspects of 'Ain Ghazal's archaeology, for it permits us to examine how the residents of 'Ain Ghazal adapted themselves to the changing environment around them, changes that were strongly driven by the unwitting actions of the people of 'Ain Ghazal themselves.
This long period of time witnessed four major developments in how the inhabitants of 'Ain Ghazal lived their daily lives, acquired food and other necessary resources, built their houses and other structures, organized themselves in the town, and interacted on a spiritual level with their fellow human beings and physical environment. The two millennia can be broken down into the following periods of development:
Three-dimensional view of 'Ain Ghazal, looking west, created in Google Earth (no
vertical exaggeration).
The site ranges from the building at the left center
of the photo to
the far edge on the right, and from the highway about one-third of the way
from the bottom of the
photo to about halfway up the hill.
Fig 1. Map of 'Ain Ghazal.
Fig 2. The section of 'Ain Ghazal west of the Zarqa River.
Fig 3. A part of the bulldozer section just above and to the west
of the highway (near
the center of Fig. 2).