Symbols at ʻAin Ghazal / 
edited by Denise Schmandt-Besserat. 
 - Berlin :  Ex Oriente e.V.,  2013. 
 - xvi, 364 p :  illus. (some col.), figures, plates, tables ;  30 cm. 
 - ʻAin Ghazal excavation reports ;  vol. 3. Bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis ;  1616-9360 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. Introduction : The Town of ‘Ain Ghazal / Gary O. Rollefson and Zeidan A. Kafafi -- Chapter 2. Tokens : Token Finds at Pre-Pottery Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. A Formal and Technological Analysis / Harry Iceland -- Tokens and Writing : The Cognitive Development / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 3. Animal Figurines : Animal Figurines / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 4. Human Figurines : The Human Clay Figurines and Ancient Near Eastern Magic / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 5. Stone Statuette : A Stone Metaphor of Creation / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 6. Modeled and Decorated Human Skulls : Three Plaster Faces / Carol A. Grissom and Patricia S. Griffin -- The Plastered Skulls / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 7. The Statuary : Statue Cache 2 / Carol A. Grissom -- ‘Ain Ghazal “Monumental” Figures: A Stylistic Analysis / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 8. Painting : Murals and Floor Paintings at ‘Ain Ghazal / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- Chapter 9. Standing Stones : Standing Stones of the Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal / Zeidan A. Kafafi -- Chapter 10. Conclusion : Neolithic Symbolism at ‘Ain Ghazal / Denise Schmandt-Besserat. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783944178035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Ancient --Jordan. <br/>Figurines, Ancient--Jordan --ʻAin Ghazal Site.<br/>Antiquities, Prehistoric --Jordan--ʻAin Ghazal Site. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jordan --Antiquities. <br/>ʻAin Ghazal Site (Jordan) 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN855.J67  / S96 2013