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The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment

Miller, H; Baird, D; Pearson, J; Lamb, AL; Grove, M; Martin, L; Garrard, A; (2018) The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment. Levant , 50 (3) pp. 281-304. 10.1080/00758914.2019.1651560. Green open access

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Abstract

The circumstances in which domestic animals were first introduced to the arid regions of the Southern Levant and the origins of nomadic pastoralism, have been the subject of considerable debate. Nomadic pastoralism was a novel herd management practice with implications for the economic, social and cultural development of Neolithic communities inhabiting steppe and early village environs. Combining faunal stable isotope and chipped stone analysis from the Eastern Jordanian Neolithic steppic sites of Wadi Jilat 13 and 25, and ‘Ain Ghazal in the Mediterranean agricultural zone of the Levantine Corridor, we provide a unique picture of the groups exploiting the arid areas.

Type: Article
Title: The origins of nomadic pastoralism in the eastern Jordanian steppe: a combined stable isotope and chipped stone assessment
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2019.1651560
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2019.1651560
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Neolithic; stable isotopes; nomadic pastoralism; lithic analysis; fauna
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076942
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