REL 433 - Biblical Archaeology
InterNet Links
Week 5 - Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Periods
InterNet Resources
- The Beginnings of Civilizations - Christian Leadership Center
- Mesopotamia - World History Center - use the links at the left to access various topics
- Shanidar Cave - follow the links at the foot of the page to go to next pages.
- Jarmo - letters from the field | | Jarmo
- The Carmel Caves | | Mt. Carmel palaeolithic tools | | The Natufian Culture | | Natufian necklace
- El Wad - scroll down for photos by someone who worked on the site
- Ohalo in the Galilee
- Jericho - scroll down to see the Neolithic tower | | Jericho - PPNA round house | | Jericho - Neolithic plastered skull | | Jericho - Neolithic plastered skull | | Jericho - Neolithic plastered skull | | Jericho - PPNB wall of bricks marked by thumbprints
- Eynan/Ain Mallaha Natufian settlement
- Neolithic bowl from Syria
- "Cult of the Dead Men" - Neolithic skulls. Note - toward the end of the page the author shows photos of statues of Queens Tiyi and Nefertiti and others - these were much later than Neolithic
- Ain Ghazal - introduction | | Ain Ghazal Discovery | | Ain Ghazal discovery of the statues | | Ain Ghazal - how were the statues made? - click on parts to find outs | | Ain Ghazal - preserving the statues - click on tabs to various sections | | Ain Ghazal - statues in crate | | Ain Ghazal - a reconstructed statue | | Ain Ghazal - a reconstructed statue | | Ain Ghazal - art and ritual menu | | Ain Ghazal - archaeological clues | | Ain Ghazal - faces modeled on human skulls | | Ain Ghazal - artistic clues | | Ain Ghazal - other discoveries | | Ain Ghazal - statues in situ | | Ain Ghazal - more statues | | Ain Ghazal - photos | | The Ain Ghazal Statue Project with a good power-point presentation at the end | | Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports | | Ain Ghazal | | Conservation of the Ain Ghazal statues
- Sha'ar HaGolan - use links to other parts of the site, and check out the photo gallery | | Sha'ar HaGolan - photo gallery | | Sha'ar HaGolan - the Yarmukian Culture - use links to various sections | | Sha'ar HaGolan exhibition
- Karim Shahir culture
- Nahal Hemar Cave | | Nahal Hemar cave - skull | | Nahal Hemar cave - mask | |
- The Halaf period | | Halaf figurine | | Halaf plate | | Halaf jug | | Halaf bowl - missing from the Iraq National Museum
- Ubaid Culture | | Ubaid culture | | Ubaid bowl - missing from the Iraq National Museum
- Samarra pottery - missing from the Iraq National Museum
- Chalcolithic storage jar
- "Eye idol" from Uruk
- Catal Huyuk | | Catal Hoyuk | | Catal Hoyuk | | Catal Huyuk - mother goddess figure | | Catal Huyuk goddess | | Catal Huyuk wall-painting | | Catal Hoyuk - follow links (on top bar) to history, etc.
- Neolithic Winemaking in Iran - Archaeology 49.5 September/October 1996
- Archaeology May 27 1998 - Syria - Tell Halula early cultures
- History of the Nile Valley
- Pre-dynastic Egyptian bowl | | Pre-dynastic Egyptian bowl
- Neolithic Greece
- The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean - see Lessons 1 & 2, and check out the images (left-hand links)
- Dimini Vase - neolithic | | Dimini - about the place
- Greek Museum display
- Minoan Neolithic | | Minoan Neolithic - page 2
- Dr. Bruce Owen's Lecture Notes (no pictures) : Introduction to Archaeology | | The Origins of Agriculture | | Examples of the first towns on earth: Jericho and Çatal Hüyük | | Defining "civilization" and a few theories of how it came about | | The emergence of civilization in Mesopotamia | | Mesopotamia: Ubaid and Uruk | | Mesopotamia: Late Uruk | | Mesopotamia: The origins of writing | | Mesopotamia: Early Dynastic | | More Theories on the emergence of civilization | | The emergence of civilization in Egypt | | The emergence of civilization in Egypt - part 2 | | Egypt: Early Dynastic | | Egypt: Old Kingdom | | The Indus Valley: Harappan - Prof. Bruce Owen's lecture notes
- Old Testament Life and Literature
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This Week's Assignment
Show and Tell - on a separate Web Page
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