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Post by bigbunny on Sept 2, 2008, 9:19am

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Prehistoric Funerary Precinct Excavated In Northern Israel: Grave Goods Include Phallic Figurines, Sea Shells and tokens

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2008) — Hebrew University excavations in the north of Israel have revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 8,500- 6,750-BCE.

(1) Figurita fálica, (2) pequeña hacha ritual de serpentina, (3) colgantes de concha, (4) token grabado (Credit: Photo by Professor Nigel Goring-Morris)

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2008) — Excavaciones de la Hebrew University en el norte de Israel han revelado prácticas funerarias prehistoricas fecadas hacia 6,750-8,500 a.C.

El recinto, amurallado, mide 10 x 20 m., y fue descubierto durante la excavación de Kfar HaHoresh. El recinto del Neolítico B Pre-Cerámico ( Pre-Pottery Neolithic B ) en las colinas de Nazareth ,, en la baja Galilea , es interpretado como un cementerio y lugar de culto regional de los asentamientos de la región.,

Prof. Nigel Goring-Morris del Instituto de Arqueología de la Hebrew University , que dirige las excavaciones, indica que se ha encontrado también un completo esqueleto de un hombre de unos 40 años es una postura muy contraida.

Las conchas evidencian comercio a larga distancia con el Mar Rojo y el Mediterráneo .Los items simbólicos incluyen tokens incisos. An entire herd of cattle was also found buried nearby.

AUnque los símbolos relacionados conla fertilidad durante este periodo están a menudo asociados a imaginería femenina, en Kfar HaHoresh sólo se han encontrado figuras fálicas ncluyendo una colocada como depósitode fundación bajo la muralla del recinto.

Exotic minerals found at the site include malachite from south of the Dead Sea, obsidian (natural volcanic glass) from central Anatolia, and a votive axe on serpentine from either Cyprus or northern Syria.

“Cultic artifacts, installations and their contextual associations attest to intensive ritual practices in the area,” says Prof. Goring-Morris.

Burials at the site now total at least 65 individuals, and display an unusual demographic profile – with an emphasis on young adult males. Graves occur under or associated with lime-plaster surfaced L-shaped walled structures, and are varied in nature from single articulated burials through multiple secondary burials with up to 17 individuals. Bones in one had been intentionally re-arranged in what appears to be a depiction.

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, ca. 8,500-6,750 BCE, corresponds to the period when the first large village communities were established in the fertile regions of the Near East when a wide ranging cultural interaction sphere came into being throughout the Levant.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080901085355.htm

Tags: Grave Goods, Kfar HaHoresh, Northern Israel, Phallic Figurines, Precerámico Palestina, Prehistoric Funerary Precinct, Sea Shells, templo de culto al falo