Gatecliff Shelter

552 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 530-552)

The Textile and Basketry Impressions from Jarmo

Analysis of a series of negative impressions in clay and bitumen recovered during the excavations at Jarmo indicate the prehistoric production of both cloth and basketry at that site. Two varieties of plain woven cloth, balanced plain weave —single warp and weft and balanced plain weave— double warp and weft, are represented as are two of the three major subclasses of basketry. The latter includes plaiting and coiling, each represented by a single type. The technical characteristics of these "perishables" are discussed and the assemblage is compared to others in the Old and New World.L'analyse d'une série d'impressions dans l'argile et le bitume recueillies au cours des fouilles effectuées à Jarmo prouve que le tissage et la vannerie étaient connus sur ce site. Deux variétés de tissage droit : armure toile : 1 pris 1 sauté et armure toile : 2 pris 2 sautés, sont représentées, ainsi que deux des trois grandes sous-catégories de vannerie dont l'une comprend la vannerie à brins tissés et la vannerie spiralée, chacune attestée par un seul type. Les caractéristiques techniques de ces produits "périssables" sont analysées. L'ensemble est comparé à des exemples pris dans l'Ancien et le Nouveau Monde.Adovasio James M. The Textile and Basketry Impressions from Jarmo. In: Paléorient, 1975, vol. 3. pp. 223-230

Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago

Renewed in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of a large coastal mound settlement in Peru has extended the occupation back more than 7000 years to a first human exploitation similar to 13 720 BR Research by the authors has chronicled the prehistoric sequence from the activities of the first maritime foragers to the construction of the black mound and the introduction of horticulture and monumentality. The community of Huaca Prieta emerges as innovative, complex and ritualised, as yet with no antecedents