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Social identities and the expansion of stone bead-making in Neolithic Western Asia: new evidence from Jordan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Katherine Wright  and
Andrew Garrard
Katherine Wright
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY (Email: k.wright@ucl.ac.uk; a.garrard@ucl.ac.uk)
Andrew Garrard
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY (Email: k.wright@ucl.ac.uk; a.garrard@ucl.ac.uk)
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Abstract

From their research in Jordan, the authors show that the appearance of early farming and herding communities in western Asia coincided with a large expansion in stone bead production. This reflects a new social role for personal ornament.

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Western AsiaNeolithicbeadsidentityexchange

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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 296 , June 2003 , pp. 267 - 284
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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