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IntroductionFor decades, there has been a general agreement among researchers that the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) in the Near East should be conceived and understood as a kind of peak point or zenith (or even a point-of-no-return) of the process initially termed the “Neolithic Revolution” (Chil...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/paleorient,
Main Authors: Borrell, Ferran, Purschwitz, Christoph, Rokitta-Krumnow, Dörte, Birkenfeld, Michal
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Paléorient 2025
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:IntroductionFor decades, there has been a general agreement among researchers that the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) in the Near East should be conceived and understood as a kind of peak point or zenith (or even a point-of-no-return) of the process initially termed the “Neolithic Revolution” (Childe 1928). It was during this almost 2000 years-long period (9th-8th millennium cal. BC and subdivided into Early, Middle and Late PPNB), that the culmination of several key transformations, the roo...