The Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age I Transition in the Southern Levant: Determining Continuity and Discontinuity or “Mind the Gap”
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La question de la transition entre le Chalcolithique final et le Bronze ancien I dans le sud Levant fait l’objet de nombreux débats depuis maintenant plusieurs décennies. Le volume qui lui est consacré ici est destiné à faire état de nouvelles données archéologiques qui permettent d’en renouveler les réponses. On rappellera au préalable les principales étapes de la recherche sur le sujet. Ces étapes ont été déterminées par l’état des connaissances et la qualité des datations ; elles témoignent aussi de l’évolution de notre regard sur une transition, longtemps oblitérée, témoignant de la transformation des sociétés au cours de la première moitié du IVe millénaire avant notre ère selon des scénarios différents selon les régions.
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The archaeological record is marked by dramatic changes in settlement patterns, large-scale abandonment of sites, many fewer items with symbolic meaning, and shifts in burial practices, including the disappearance of secondary burial in ossuaries.
“aspects of the archeological record marked by dramatic changes in settlement patterns43, large-scale abandonment of sites52–55, many fewer items with symbolic meaning, and shifts in burial practices, including the disappearance of secondary burial in ossuaries56–59.”
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“Broadly speaking, however, many sites had been abandoned by ~3900/3800 BC (Braun and Roux, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Braun, E., & Roux, V.
- Affiliations
- Préhistoire et Technologie (FR)
- ORCID
- Roux, Valentine
- Venue
- Paléorient
- Publisher
- PERSEE Program
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 15-22
- ISSN
- 0153-9345 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2301350939
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 9.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- fr
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Paléorient (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Périodiques Scientifiques en Édition Électronique (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Keywords
- Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age I, Southern Levant, 4th millennium BC, continuity and discontinuity, societal transformation, chronology
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