Archaeology of prehistoric agricultural societies in west Asia

本研究调查了西亚早期农业社会的考古记录，特别是一些新石器时代遗址（约1000年）。公元前9，000 - 5，000年），位于约旦，叙利亚和阿塞拜疆的不同环境中。在这些遗址的出土材料中，对石器的工具组成和生产技术进行了检查。此外，还分析了沉积物中的小型垃圾，以确定活动区域，例如在定居点生产和储存石器。研究结果表明，在早期农业社会中，以家庭为规模的社会群体不仅发展了生产、储存和消费的日常实践，而且还发展了从进口黑曜石中半专业化生产石器的过程，以及黑曜石工具生产的专业技术的代代相传。

This study investigated archaeological records on the early agricultural societies in west Asia, particularly focusing on some Neolithic sites (ca. 9,000-5,000 BC) located under different environmental settings in Jordan, Syria, and Azerbaijan. Among the excavated materials from these sites, stone tools were examined for their tool composition and production technology. In addition, small-sized refuse in sediments was analyzed to specify activity areas, such as for stone-tool production and storage in the settlements. The results of the study indicate that social groups at the scale of the household developed in early agricultural societies not only for daily practices of production, storage, and consumption, but also for the semi-specialized production of stone tools from imported obsidian as well as for the transmission of specialized technology for obsidian-tool production over generations.