The late Chalcolithic to early Bronze I transition in Palestine and Transjordan / J. W. Hanbury-Tenison.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-299)

Chapter 1. Introduction -- The Early Exploration of Prehistoric Palestine -- Excavation on key Chalcolithic and Early Bronze 1 Sites after 1945 -- Changing Interpretations of Cultural History in the Fourth Millenium BC -- Towards a Reappraisal of the Fourth Millenium in Palestine and Transjordan -- Chapter 2. Settlement Patterns -- Environmental Background -- Location of Habitat -- Economics of Settlement -- Chapter 3. The Economic Basis of Society -- Agriculture -- Manufacture -- Trade -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4. Pottery -- Definition of Terms -- The Late Chalcolithic -- Post-Ghassulian Chalcolithic -- Early Bronze 1A Common Ware -- Grey Burnished Ware -- Jawa-Type Pottery -- Red Burnished and Line Painted Ware -- The Proto-Urban D/UMM Hammad Ware -- Early Bronze 1B Domestic Wares -- Elements of Ceramic continuity between the Late Chalcholithic and the Early Bronze 1 -- Chapter 5. Flaked Stone Tools -- Introduction -- The Late Chalcolithic -- Early Bronze 1 -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6. Craft Traditions -- Metallurgy -- Mining -- Ivory Working -- Ground Stone Working -- Shell and Bone Working -- Organic Materials -- Chapter 7. Architecture -- Introduction -- Permanent Structures -- Temporary Structures -- Caves -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8. Burial Forms -- Late Chalcolithic Burials -- Early Bronze 1 Burials -- Disarticulation as a Measure of Nomadic Society -- Elements of Continuity in Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze 1 Burial Forms -- Chapter 9. Conclusions.