Die Fruhneolithischen und urukzeitlichen Silex- und Obsidianindustrien aus Tell Sheikh Hassan

Tell Sheikh Hassan - V.1

by Bernd Muller-Neuhof, edited by Friederike Bachmann

Book cover: Die Fruhneolithischen und urukzeitlichen Silex- und Obsidianindustrien aus Tell Sheikh Hassan

Extent: 140 pages

Publisher: PeWe-Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(September 2015)

ISBN: 9783935012171

Price: $75.00

Out of stock

PDF (Published)

(December 2015)

ISBN: 9783689850395

Price: $55.00

This publication assembles the flint and obsidian tools retrieved from occupation levels dating to the early Neolithic and the Uruk periods that were exposed by the German excavations in Tell Sheikh Hassan. It is the first monograph to present an assemblage of Uruk-time lithics including detailed descriptions of the function of the various tool types. The finds of the early Neolithic are presented in as much detail as there is proof that certain early Neolithic types were, at the time of the Uruk occupation, sought after, collected and put to use again. Another important result is the fact that, for several lithic tools dating to proto-dynastic times, the Egyptian origin could be ascertained — a first indication of Egyptian imports to the Uruk region.

  • By (author) Bernd Muller-Neuhof
  • Edited by Friederike Bachmann