Contents List

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

G.O. Rollefson and Z.A. Kafafi The Town of ‘Ain Ghazal

Chapter 2. TOKENS

2.1 H. Iceland Token Finds at Pre-Pottery Neolithic ‘Ain Ghazal. A Formal and Technological Analysis

2.2 D. Schmandt-Besserat Tokens and Writing: The Cognitive Development

Chapter 3. ANIMAL FIGURINES

D. Schmandt-Besserat Animal Figurines

Chapter 4. HUMAN FIGURINES

D. Schmandt-Besserat The Human Clay Figurines and Ancient Near Eastern Magic

Chapter 5. STONE STATUETTE

D. Schmandt-Besserat A Stone Metaphor of Creation

Chapter 6. MODELED AND DECORATED HUMAN SKULLS

6.1 C.A. Grissom and Patricia S. Griffin Three Plaster Faces

6.2 D. Schmandt-Besserat The Plastered Skulls

Chapter 7. THE STATUARY

7.1 C.A. Grissom Statue Cache 2

7.2 D. Schmandt-Besserat ‘Ain Ghazal “Monumental” Figures: A Stylistic Analysis

Chapter 8. PAINTINGS

D. Schmandt-Besserat Murals and Floor Paintings at ‘Ain Ghazal

Chapter 9. STANDING STONES

Z.A. Kafafi Standing Stones of the Neolithic Village of ‘Ain Ghazal

Chapter 10. CONCLUSION

D. Schmandt-Besserat Neolithic Symbolism at ‘Ain Ghazal