The first builders of the Northern Levant. Notes on early Neolithic construction materials
The first builders of the Northern Levant. Notes on early Neolithic construction materials

Author(s): Marcin Białowarczuk
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: construction materials; environmental conditions; Northern Levant; Proto-Neolithic; PPNA
Summary/Abstract: Permanent architecture in the Near East first developed in theNorthern Levant and it was a multi-faceted process as indicated by thearchaeological data. Preferences for construction materials is an aspectthat is seldom discussed with regard to early Neolithic architectureof the Northern Levant, while it is extremely interesting in the lightof local geomorphological and environmental conditions. The articleexplores this aspect, reviewing the sources and the context, that is, theenvironmental changes that played a role in the development of earlypermanent architecture, going on to present the relations between localpreferences for building materials and the nature of the environmentalzones in various regions of the Northern Levant.

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