Neolithic revolution : new perspectives on Southwest Asia in light of recent discoveries on Cyprus ; papers from a conference organized by the Council for British Research in the Levant in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 20th to

The move towards a sedentary way of life had a profound effect on the human way of life: the development of complex societies can be directly attributed to the beginnings of farming in place of a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle. When Gordon Childe coined the term 'Neolithic revolution' he meant it to reflect these vast changes that had occurred in the near east. This book extends the reach of these changes to include Cyprus, presenting new evidence that shows that the island played host to settled farming communities at the same time as the mainland, pushing its habitation back by 2000 years. List of Figures iv List of Tables vi Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgements x Introduction: a revised Cypriot prehistory and some implications for the study of the Neolithic Edgar Peltenburg xi 1 Bitter hippos of Cyprus: the island’s first occupants and last endemic animals – setting the stage for colonization Alan H. Simmons 1 2 Island colonization, insularity or mainstream? Bill Finlayson 15 3 Putting the colonization of Cyprus into context Trevor Watkins 23 4 The domestic status of the early Neolithic fauna of Cyprus: a view from the mainland Liora Kolska Horwitz , Eitan Tchernov and Hitomi Hongo 35 5 Reappraisal of the archaeobotanical evidence for the emergence and dispersal of the ‘founder crops’ Sue Colledge 49 6 Abu Hureyra and the development of farming in western Asia: directions for future research A. M. T. Moore 61 7 Social space in early sedentary communities of Southwest Asia and Cyprus Edgar Peltenburg 71 8 The emergence of the Mediterranean Fishing Village in the Levant and the anomaly of Neolithic Cyprus Ehud Galili, Avi Gopher, Baruch Rosen and Liora Kolska Horwitz 91 9 Cypriot Neolithic chipped stone industries and the progress of regionalization Carole McCartney 103 10 Hill and vale: understanding prehistoric lithic use in Cyprus Sarah Tyrrell Stewart 123 11 Flint workshops of the Southern Beqa` valley (Lebanon): preliminary results from Qar`oun Maya Haïdar-Boustani 133 12 Geometric patterns on pebbles: early identity symbols? Anna Eirikh-Rose 145 13 Tools and toys or traces of trade: the problem of the enigmatic incised objects from Cyprus and the Levant Sarah Tyrrell Stewart and David W. Rupp 163 14 “Néolithique” and “Énéolithique” Byblos in Southern Levantine context Yosef Garfinkel 175 NeoRev_prelims_new 1 NeoRev_intro_new 11 NeoRev_ch01 21 NeoRev_ch02 35 NeoRev_ch03 43 NeoRev_ch04 55 NeoRev_ch05 69 NeoRev_ch06 81 NeoRev_ch07 90 NeoRev_ch08 109 NeoRev_ch09 -1 NeoRev_ch10 140 NeoRev_ch11 150 NeoRev_ch12 162 NeoRev_ch13 180 NeoRev_ch14 191 Domestikation - Neolithische Revolution - Ackerbau - Viehzucht