Earliest Village People: the shift to sedentary life in the Natufian period

该项目旨在通过挖掘最早的村庄之一来调查向定居生活的转变，该村庄由狩猎采集者在公元前12，500年左右建立。最令人感兴趣的是约旦Wadi Hammeh 27的基础墓葬及其在建立这种新型定居点中的作用。保存完好的沉积物提供了一个难得的机会来跟踪一个社区在定居的行为，所以重要的知识过渡到sedentism应该产生。结合考古学，生物人类学和考古遗传学的跨学科方法可能会为早期社会组织提供新的解释。潜在的好处包括建立国际合作和发展澳大利亚在中东的作用。

This project aims to investigate the shift to sedentary life by excavating one of the earliest villages, founded by hunter-gatherers around 12,500 BCE. Of key interest are foundational burials at Wadi Hammeh 27 in Jordan and their role in the establishment of this new kind of settlement. Well-preserved deposits present a rare opportunity to track a community in the act of settling down so significant knowledge about the transition to sedentism should be generated. An interdisciplinary approach combining archaeology, bioanthropology and archaeogenetics may provide new explanations of early social organisation. Potential benefits include the building of international collaborations and the development of Australia’s role in the Middle East.