Paléorient 42.1

In Memoriam

Daniel LADIRAY par F. R. VALLA et O. DAUNE-LE BRUN …………………… 5-6

Articles

S. SMITH, J. PAIGE and C.A. MAKAREWICZ

Further diversity in the Early Neolithic of the Southern Levant:

A first look at the PPNA chipped stone tool assemblage from el-Hemmeh, Southern Jordan … 7-25

H.C. SCHECHTER, A. GOPHER, N. GETZOV, E. RICE, A. YAROSHEVICH and I. MILEVSKI

The obsidian assemblages from the Wadi Rabah occupations at Ein Zippori, Israel ….. 27-48

F. MANCLOSSI, S.A. ROSEN and P. DE MIROSHEDJI

The Canaanean Blades from Tel Yarmuth, Israel: A technological analysis ………. 49-74

M. JAYEZ and H. VAHDATI NASAB

A separation: Caspian Mesolithic vs Trialetian lithic industry.

A research on the excavated site of Komishan, southeast of the Caspian Sea …… 75-94

V. ROUX et J.-P. THALMANN

Évolution technologique et morpho-stylistique des assemblages céramiques

de Tell Arqa (Liban, 3e millénaire av. J.-C.) : stabilité sociologique et changements culturels …. 95-121

B. HELWING

Reconsidering the Neolithic graveyard at Tell es-Sawwan, Iraq ………. 123-136

C. BRENIQUET

Tell es-Sawwan, Irak. Essai de synthèse et de prospective sur la néolithisation

de la plaine mésopotamienne …………………………………………………. 137-149

C.A. MAKAREWICZ

Caprine husbandry and initial pig management east of the Jordan Valley:

Animal exploitation at Neolithic Wadi Shu’eib, Jordan ……………………… 151-168

A. MCMAHON

The Encultured Vulture: Late Chalcolithic sealing images and the challenges of urbanism

in 4th millennium Northern Mesopotamia ……………………………………… 169-183

R. SHIRAZI

The petroglyphs of the Kajou Valley, Makran, Iran: Tang Sar, Dehirak and Deskigan assemblages … 185-198

Recensions ………………………………………………………………………….. 199-216