A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).

New human burials from northern Jordan provide important insights into the appearance of cemeteries and the nature of human-animal relationships within mortuary contexts during the Epipalaeolithic period (c. 23,000-11,600 cal BP) in the Levant, reinforcing a socio-ideological relationship that goes...

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Autores principales:	Lisa A Maher, Jay T Stock, Sarah Finney, James J N Heywood, Preston T Miracle, Edward B Banning
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a6f4e42addef4d479981ea86ee936fd32021-11-18T06:59:50ZA unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0015815https://doaj.org/article/a6f4e42addef4d479981ea86ee936fd32011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21298094/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203New human burials from northern Jordan provide important insights into the appearance of cemeteries and the nature of human-animal relationships within mortuary contexts during the Epipalaeolithic period (c. 23,000-11,600 cal BP) in the Levant, reinforcing a socio-ideological relationship that goes beyond predator-prey. Previous work suggests that archaeological features indicative of social complexity occur suddenly during the latest Epipalaeolithic phase, the Natufian (c. 14,500-11,600 cal BP). These features include sedentism, cemeteries, architecture, food production, including animal domestication, and burials with elaborate mortuary treatments. Our findings from the pre-Natufian (Middle Epipalaeolithic) cemetery of 'Uyun al-Hammam demonstrate that joint human-animal mortuary practices appear earlier in the Epipalaeolithic. We describe the earliest human-fox burial in the Near East, where the remains of dogs have been found associated with human burials at a number of Natufian sites. This is the first time that a fox has been documented in association with human interments pre-dating the Natufian and with a particular suite of grave goods. Analysis of the human and animal bones and their associated artefacts provides critical data on the nature and timing of these newly-developing relationships between people and animals prior to the appearance of domesticated dogs in the Natufian.Lisa A MaherJay T StockSarah FinneyJames J N HeywoodPreston T MiracleEdward B BanningPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 1, p e15815 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Lisa A Maher Jay T Stock Sarah Finney James J N Heywood Preston T Miracle Edward B Banning A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
description	New human burials from northern Jordan provide important insights into the appearance of cemeteries and the nature of human-animal relationships within mortuary contexts during the Epipalaeolithic period (c. 23,000-11,600 cal BP) in the Levant, reinforcing a socio-ideological relationship that goes beyond predator-prey. Previous work suggests that archaeological features indicative of social complexity occur suddenly during the latest Epipalaeolithic phase, the Natufian (c. 14,500-11,600 cal BP). These features include sedentism, cemeteries, architecture, food production, including animal domestication, and burials with elaborate mortuary treatments. Our findings from the pre-Natufian (Middle Epipalaeolithic) cemetery of 'Uyun al-Hammam demonstrate that joint human-animal mortuary practices appear earlier in the Epipalaeolithic. We describe the earliest human-fox burial in the Near East, where the remains of dogs have been found associated with human burials at a number of Natufian sites. This is the first time that a fox has been documented in association with human interments pre-dating the Natufian and with a particular suite of grave goods. Analysis of the human and animal bones and their associated artefacts provides critical data on the nature and timing of these newly-developing relationships between people and animals prior to the appearance of domesticated dogs in the Natufian.
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author	Lisa A Maher Jay T Stock Sarah Finney James J N Heywood Preston T Miracle Edward B Banning
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title	A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
title_short	A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
title_full	A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
title_fullStr	A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
title_full_unstemmed	A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).
title_sort	unique human-fox burial from a pre-natufian cemetery in the levant (jordan).
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A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan).

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