Pre-Pottery Neolithic B

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B is a division of the Neolithic developed by Dame Kathleen Kenyon during her archaeological excavations at Jericho in Palestine.

Related Topics:
Neolithic - Kathleen Kenyon - Archaeological excavation - Jericho - Palestine

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It differs from the earlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic A in that people living during this period began to introduce domesticated animals to supplement their earlier agrarian diet. The period is dated to between 9600 and 8000 BP.

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Work at the site of 'Ain Ghazal in Jordan has indicated a later Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period which lasted between 8200 and 7900 BP.

Related Topics:
'Ain Ghazal - Jordan - Pre-Pottery Neolithic C

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