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Classification des sépultures à superstructure lithique dans le Levant et l'Arabie occidentale: (IV e et IIIe millénaires avant J.-C.)
Tara Steimer-Herbet
In the Levant and Western Arabia some 270 prehistoric cemeteries have been registered, representing approximately 25000 burials with lithic superstructures. These stone monuments are little known and their remains are at risk in the modern territories that contain them. A first look at the documentation available indicates that these burials appeared in the fourth millennium and vanished at the end of the third millennium BC. The burials are localized mainly in interior steppe areas, mostly on rocky headlands. The author discusses the similarities evident between the funerary structures discovered in the Levant and in Arabia - in terms of construction techniques, design, distribution and topographical situation - and suggests that these burials with lithic superstructures, although distributed on a vast geographical area, belong to populations of semi-nomad or nomads pastors with a shared cultural background.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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TABLE DES MATIÈRES
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GLOSSAIRE
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AVANT-PROPOS
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HISTORIQUE DES DÉCOUVERTES
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TERMINOLOGIE
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CADRE GÉOGRAPHIQUE
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CADRE CHRONOLOGIQUE
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L’INHUMATION
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DES PRATIQUES FUNÉRAIRES LIÉES AUX PASTEURS NOMADES ET SEMI-NOMADES
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CLASSIFICATION
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FAMILLE A: SÉPULTURES À SUPERSTRUCTURE LITHIQUE CONSTRUITE À L’AIDE DE DALLES DRESSÉES LE PLUS SOUVENT MÉGALITHIQUES AVEC OU SANS DALLES DE COUVERTURE
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FAMILLE B: SÉPULTURES À SUPERSTRUCTURE DE PETITS BLOCS VERTICAUX AVEC OU SANS DALLES DE COUVERTURE
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FAMILLE C: SÉPULTURES À SUPERSTRUCTURE EN PIERRES SÈCHES
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ANALYSE SPATIALE
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UNE FONCTION SYMBOLIQUE DES NÉCROPOLES: LE SIGNALEMENT D’UN TERRITOIRE
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CONCLUSION
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APPENDICE: ELÉMENTS DE PARURE DES PASTEURS DU RAMLAT AS-SABAATAYN (JEBEL JIDRAN - YÉMEN)
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FIGURES
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TABLEAUX
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RÉFÉRENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES
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CARTES
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407326627 (ebook)
- 9781841716060 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1246