AU  - Schmandt-Besserat, Denise,
ED  - Yarmouk University.
TI  - Symbols at ʻAin Ghazal
T2  - ʻAin Ghazal excavation reports
SN  - 9783944178035
AV  - GN855.J67 S96 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Ex Oriente e.V.
KW  - Art, Ancient
KW  - Jordan.
KW  - Figurines, Ancient
KW  - Jordan
KW  - ʻAin Ghazal Site
KW  - Antiquities, Prehistoric
KW  - ʻAin Ghazal Site.
KW  - Antiquities.
KW  - ʻAin Ghazal Site (Jordan)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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
ER  -