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Stefan K. Kozlowski, Nemrik. An Aceramic Village in Northern Iraq. With Preface by Olivier Aurenche, Institue of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw 2002
Preface 1. Introduction 1.1. Six seasons 1.2. Scientific Staff 1.3. Iraqi Antiquities Organization and its representatives 1.4. Technical staff 1.5. Colleagues and friends 1.6. Collections of finds 2. The Site 2.1. Description 2.2. Fieldwork and laboratory methods 2.3. Sampling 2.4. Stratigraphy 2.4.1. Structures superposition 2.4.2. N-S cross-section 2.4.3. Stratigraphical division 2.4.4. Complex K 2.4.5. Complex KM 2.4.6. Conclusion 2.5. Chronology 2.5.1. Generalities 2.5.2. Beginning and end of settlement 2.5.3. K and KM stratigraphic complexes transition stage 2.5.4. Complex K 2.5.5. Layer KL 2.5.6. Phase IVb 2.5.7. Conclusions 3. Houses 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Plan and structure 3.3. Walls 3.4. Roof 3.5. Roof support 3.6. Furnishing the interior 3.6.1. Floor 3.6.2. Internal divisions3.7. Equipment 3.7.1. Burned houses 3.7.2. Equipment 3.7.3. Flint scatters in the houses 3.7.4. Cache of bladelets 3.7.5. At home and on the dump 3.8. Inhabiting the house 3.9. Stores 4. Burials 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Burials interspersed between the houses. 4.3. Burials under houses 4.4. Cemetery area 4.5. Tombs (= houses 6 & 10) 4.6. Head burials 4.7. Grave equipment 4.8. Arrowheads in graves 5. Urban layout 5.1. Phase V 5.1.1. Extent 5.1.2. Zones of activity 5.2. Phase IV 5.3. Phase III 5.4. Phase II 5.5. Phase I 5.6. Conclusions 5.7. Duration of house/village 5.7.1. Number of skeletons/individuals 5.7.2. Age structure 5.7.3. Family size 5.7.4. The Nemrik Generations 6. Lithic industry 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Raw materials 6.3. General technological structure 6.4. Cores 6.5. Flakes 6.6. Blades/bladelets 6.7. Reduction strategy/chaine operatoire 6.8. Blade sectioning 6.9. Inserts 6.10. Nemrik field flint tool type list 6.11. Inner structure of the tool assemblages 6.12. End-scrapers6.13. Retouched flakes 6.14. Burins 6.15. Truncations 6.16. Retouched blades. 6. 17. Perforators 6.18. Combined tools 6.19. Heavy duty tools 6.20. Arrowheads 6.22. Evolution of the industry 6.23. "Sickles" (cf. truncations and retouched blades) 6.24. Sickles function 6.25. Big-chocolate tools 6.26. Rare products / types 6.27. Tools of extraordinary size, meaning tools made at home and tools available on the market 6.28. Conclusions 7. Stone industry 7. 1. Introduction 7.2. Typological list of stone tools 7.2.1. List of types (after R. F. Mazurowski 1997) 7.3. Raw materials 7.4. Big Stone Implements (BSI) - introduction 7.4. 1. Querns 7.4.2. Mortars 7.4.3. Slabs 7.4.4. Concluding remarks on BSI 7.5. Small Stone Implements 7.5. 1. Balls / bolas 7.5.2. Perforated balls, / maceheads 7.5.3. Grinders 7.5.4. Specimens with flat working end / pounders and pestles 7.5.5. Celts /polished axes and adzes 7.5.6. Slotted stones 7.5.7. Phallic representations 7.5.8. Others 7.5.9. Stone vessels 7.5.10. Conclusion 8. The Gods from Nemrik 9. Small finds 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Clay pieces 9.2.1. Tokens 9.2.2. Figurines 9.2.3. Other clay objects9.2.4. Products of unfired clay 9.2.5. Conclusions 9.3. Stone pieces 9.3.1. Tokens 9.3.2. Small statuettes (?) 9.3.3. Jewelry/Ornaments 9.4. Giant needles 9.5. Shell ornaments 9.6. Objects of bone 9.7. Copper 9.8. General Conclusion 9.9. Additional remarks lO.Early Holocene Environment 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Pollen diagram 10.3. Charred plant remains 10.4. Charcoals 10.5. Fauna 10.5.1. Mammals 10.5.2. Birds 10.5.3. Molluscs 10.6. 19th and 20"' century descriptions of the local environment 10.7. TAVO Maps 10.8. The Early Holocene habitat near Nemrik 11.End 12.Tables 13.The basic bibliography of Nemrik 14.Plates and figures
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