Incredible study trip to Jordan by students of prehistoric archaeology from @sciences_UNIGE @unige_en @UNIGEnews Visits to major sites #ainghazal #albeidha #baja #shawbakdolmens #tellalumayri #babedhdhra #petra thanks to @defours_meryl and the students for the preparation

Plate with drawings of figurines from Nevali Cori, some wearing belts. Partly broken.

Photo of one of the lime and reed sculptures from Ain Ghazal.

However, #PrePotteryNeolithic hunters very likely were aware of these properties - they did experiment with related materials, as numerous figurines (e.g. from #NevaliCori), sculptures (e.g. from #AinGhazal), even a few small vessels made of gypsum plaster (e.g. from #Karahantepe) demonstrate.

#PrePotteryNeolithic hunters likely were aware of these properties - they did experiment w/ related materials, as numerous figurines (e.g. from #NevaliCori), sculptures (e.g. from #AinGhazal), even a few small vessels made of gypsum plaster (e.g. from #Karahantepe) demonstrate.

Or the noteworthy number of small ceramic figures and anthropomorphic plaster-#statues from sites PPN-sites like #AinGhazal in Jordan - which indicate at least a certain familiarity with the material and its...

"The Aftermath of ‘#AinGhazal" - @whitmancollege's great Gary Rollefson on fascin. #Neolithic research in #Jordan!

www.acorjordan.org/2016/08/18/the-aftermath...