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Maybe fuelled by recent claims that #Neolithic hunters were too "simple" and thus not capable of cultural achievements, there seems to be a misunderstanding about the "#pottery" part in #PrePotteryNeolithic (PPN).
They actually *did* use vessels. Just other vessels.
A short 🧵:
They actually *did* use vessels. Just other vessels.
A short 🧵:
Well known and clearly associated with #PrePotteryNeolithic contexts are e.g. #StoneVessels from different places like #KörtikTepe in Turkey or #JerfElAhmar and #TellAbr in Syria as well as (often fragmented though) many more related sites (including Göbekli Tepe by the way).
Bringing up the #GöbekliTepe fragments since they illustrate why finding complete vessels is comparably rare: the material was too valuable to not re-use it.
@lauradietrich_, @odietrich_, & myself discussed the "afterlife" of such #StoneVessels here:
jensnotroff.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/ii.20_…
@lauradietrich_, @odietrich_, & myself discussed the "afterlife" of such #StoneVessels here:
jensnotroff.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/ii.20_…
"Look Klaus Bey, that stone's got ears!"
Sometimes, starting excavations in a new area, you only got a vague idea about what's really waiting below topsoil.
This is how innocent the now famous so-called #TotemPole from #GöbekliTepe peeked out upon its very first appearance.
Sometimes, starting excavations in a new area, you only got a vague idea about what's really waiting below topsoil.
This is how innocent the now famous so-called #TotemPole from #GöbekliTepe peeked out upon its very first appearance.
Oliver put together a nice little thread here telling how the story of this discovery continued on after that first glimpse:
This find (calling it a #CompositeSculpture may be the more appropriate archaeological terminology) is of special interest since it represents a special type of early #Neolithic sculpture in the region also known from other sites:
