Centre for the Study of Early Agricultural Societies

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Publications and studies on Shkārat Msaied

Abu-Laban. A. 2014. The use of marine mollusc shells at the Neolithic site Shkarat Msaied, Jordan. In (eds.) Proceedings of the Archaeomalacology Session, 11th ICAZ Conference. BAR Int. Series. 2666: 9-17.

Abu-Laban, A. 2010. Analysis and reconstruction of the use of mollusc shells from the MPPNB site Shkarat Msaied in Southern Jordan. MS thesis, University of Copenhagen.

Andresen M. 2007 Abiotische Rohstoffe in der frühneolithischen Siedlung Baʻja (Jordanien). Unpublished Magisterarbeit. Universität Heidelberg

Bangsgaard, P. 2008. An introduction to faunal remains and environmental studies: A mismatch or match made in heaven? In Marchetti, N & Thuesen I. (eds.) ARCHAIA Case studies on research planning, characterisation, conservation and management of archaeological sites. Bar Int. Ser. 1877: 231-237

Bangsgaard, P. 2005. Rituel brug af oldgamle fugle i Jordan. Dyr i natur og museum 2005/ 1: 6-10. København: Zoologisk Museum.

Bangsgaard Jensen, P. 2005. An Analysis of the Faunal Material from the MPPNB site of Shaqarat Masiad in Southern Jordan. MS thesis, University of Copenhagen.

Bille Petersen, M. 2003. Social Interaction in a Prehistoric Settlement. A study of Social Interaction from an architectural perspective in the MPPNB society of Shaqarat Masiad in Southern Jordan. MS thesis, University of Copenhagen

Bille Petersen, M. 2004. The Spatial Separation of Activities at MPPNB Shaqarat Masiad, Jordan. Paper read at the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin.

Brix L. 2016. Danskere finder 9.000 år gamle skeletter med makaber historie. [19.01.2016]

Franz A. 2017. Vorletzte Ruhe. In: Die Zeit. Nr.16/2017, 13.April 2017.

Gebel H.G.K., Hermansen, B.D., and Jensen, C.H. (eds.)2002 (2004). Magic Practices in the Early Near Eastern Neolithic. Production, Subsistence, and Environment and Ritual on the Near Eastern Neolithic. 8. Ex Oriente, Berlin.

Glar, V. 2003. An Analysis of the Relations between Arrowhead Groups and larger Wild Animal Species at Shaqarat Masiad and other PPNB sites of the Southern Levant. MS thesis, University of Copenhagen.

Godtfredsen, K.N. and Kinzel, M. 2020The Fox. A Tale from Neolithic Shkarat Msaied. Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari.

Harpelund, A.M., 2011. An analysis of the ground stone assemblage from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site Shkarat Msaied in Southern Jordan. MA-thesis, University of Copenhagen.

Helle, M.P. 2009. Hej menneske. Copenhagen: Lindhardt og Ringhof.

Hermansen, B.D.2020Transforming the dead. In: Godtfredsen, K.N. and Kinzel, M.: The Fox. A Tale from Neolithic Shkarat Msaied. Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari. 72-78.

Hermansen, B.D. 2018 Death, feasting, and memory culture at early Neolithic Shkārat Msaied, Southern Jordan. In: L.B. Christensen and J.T. Jensen (eds.), Religion and material culture: Studying religion, religious elements and cultural memory on the basis of objects, architecture and space. Proceedings of an international conference held at the Centre for Bible and Cultural Memory (BiCuM), University of Copenhagen and the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, May 6-8, 2011: 169-197. Turnhout: Brepols.

Hermansen, B.D. 2014. Byen før byen. Landsbyliv I tidlig neolitikum. By og kultur, s. 74-80.

Hermansen, B.D. 2009. Capturing vertical space. In: H.G.K.Gebel, Z.Kafafi, and O.Ghul (Hrsg.): Modesty and Patience. Studies in Honour of Nabil Qadi “Abu Salim”. Monographs of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology Vol.20. Irbid: Yarmouk University, and Berlin: ex oriente, S.42-48.

Hermansen, B.D. 2008 Liv og død i en stenalderlandsby. In: Ny Carlsberg Glypotek (ed.): Tidernes morgen: på sporet af kulturens kilder i det gamle Mellemøsten. Copenhagen: Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek nr. 10:18-24.

Hermansen, B.D. 2003. Towards New Frameworks: Supra-Regional Concepts in Near Eastern Neolithization. Introductory remarks. Neo-Lithics 2/2003: 32-33. Ex Oriente, Berlin.

Hermansen, B.D. 2004. Supra-Regional Concepts from a Local Perspective. Neo-Lithics 1/2004:34-38. Ex Oriente, Berlin.

Hermansen, B.D. et al. 2006. Shkarat Msaied: The 2005 season of excavations. A short preliminary report. Neo-Lithics 1/06: 3-7

Hermansen, B.D. & Jensen, C.H. 2002 (2004). Notes on some features of possible ritual significance at MPPNB Shqarat Mazyad, Southern Jordan. In: Gebel, H.G.k., Hermansen, B.D. & Jensen, C.H. (eds.) Magic practices and ritual in the Near Eastern Neolithic. Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment 8: 91-101. Ex. Oriente, Berlin.

Jensen, C.H. 2008. Workshops and activity areas in the PPNB period: The excavations at Shkarat Msaied. In: Kühne, H. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (2004). Vol. 2. 2008 Berlin: Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 331-344.

Jensen, C.H. 2004. Productions areas at MPPNB Shkarat Msaied, Southern Jordan. Neo-Lithics 2/04: 22-26

Jensen, C.H. 2002. Verdens ældste landsby? Sfinx 25,4: 168-171.

Jensen, C.H. et al.2005. Preliminary report on the excavations at Shkarat Al-Musayid, 1999-2004. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Vol. 49: 115-134

Kaliszan, L.R et al. 2002. Shaqarat Mazyad - The village on the edge. Neo-Lithics 2/02: 16-19

Kinzel, M. 2019 Special Buildings at Shkarat Msaied. In: S. Nakamura, T. Adachi, M. Abe (eds.), Decades in Deserts: Essays on Near Eastern Archaeology in honour of Sumio Fujii, pp. 79-94. Tokyo: Rokuichi Syobou.

Kinzel, M. 2018 Neolithic Shkarat Msaied - latest results. In: Z. M. Al-Salameen and M. B. Tarawneh (eds.): Refereed Proceedings of the First Conference on the Archaeology and Tourism of the Maan Governorate, 3rd- 4th October, 2017. Petra- Jordan; Supplement to Al-Hussein Bin Talal University's Journal of Research, AHUJ Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. 2018: 93-104.

Kinzel, M. 2018. Petra: Shkarat Msaied. In: Green, J.D.M., Porter, B.A., and Shelton C.P. (eds.) 2018. Archaeology in Jordan Newsletter: 2016 and 2017 Seasons.ACOR: Amman, Jordan. p. 69-70.

Kinzel, M. 2018. The Shkarat Msaied Neolithic Project. Poster presented at UCPH ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH DAY APRIL 6TH, 2018 hold at the Geological Museum/Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Kinzel, M. 2016. Petra: Shkarat Msaied. In: G.J. Corbett, D.R. Keller, B.A.Porter, and C.P. Shelton: Archaeology in Jordan. 2014 and 2015 seasons. In: American Journal of Archaeology vol. 120 no. 4, 2016. DOI: 10.3764/aja.120.4.0631. Archeological Institute of America: 2016: 659-660. http://www.ajaonline.org/newsletter/3182

Kinzel, M. 2014. Überlegungen zur Raumgestaltung und Wegeführung in der neolithischen Architektur Südjordaniens. In: Kurapkat, D., Wulf-Rheidt, U. (eds.): Die Architektur des Weges - Gestaltet Bewegung im gebauten Raum: Diskussionen zur Archäologischen Bauforschung Internationales Kolloquium in Berlin vom 7. bis 11. Februar 2012 veranstaltet vom Architekturreferat des DAI Diskussionen zur Archäologischen Bauforschung 11, Berlin 2013: 269-288.

Kinzel, M. 2013. Am Beginn des Hausbaus. Studien zur PPNB-Architektur von Shkārat Msaied und Ba’ja in der Petra-Region, Jordanien. SENEPSE 17, Berlin: ex oriente.

Kinzel, M. 2008 Take a look, make a sketch and re-think it: Surveying and 4D models for reconstructing archaeological sites. In Marchetti, N & Thuesen I. (eds.) ARCHAIA Case studies on research planning, characterisation, conservation and management of archaeological sites. Bar Int. Ser. 1877: 91-100

Kinzel, M. 2008. Preservation and presentation of Neolithic sites: A case study at Shkarat Msaied, Southern Jordan. In Marchetti, N & Thuesen I. (eds.) ARCHAIA Case studies on research planning, characterisation, conservation and management of archaeological sites. Bar Int. Ser. 1877: 331-340

Kinzel, M. 2007. Early Neolithic Building in the Southern Levant: The PPNB Architecture of Shkarat Msaied and Ba'ja, Neo-Lithics 1/07:51.

Kinzel, M. 2005. Jungsteinzeitliches Bauen in Südjordanien. Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin 1: 55-59

Kinzel, M. 2004. Some notes on the reconstruction of PPNB architecture. Neo-Lithics 2/04: 18-22

Kinzel M., Abu Laban A., Hoffmann Jensen C., Thusesn I., and Jørkov M. 2011 Insights into PPNB architectural transformation, human burials, and initial conservation works: Summary on the 2010 excavation season at Shkārat Msaied. Neo-Lithics 1/11: 44-49.

Kinzel, M. and Clare, L. 2020. Monumental – compared to what? A perspective from Göbekli Tepe, In: A.B. Gebauer, L. Sørensen, A. Teather and A. de Valera (eds.) Monumentalizing life in the Neolithic: Narratives of change and continuity, pp. 31–50. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Kinzel, M., Duru, G. and Baranski, M. 2020. Modifiy to last? - A Neolithic perspective on rebuilding and continuation. In: U. Wulf-Rheidt and K. Piesker (eds.): Umgebaut. Umbau-, Umnutzungs- und Umwertungsprozesse in der antiken Architektur. DiskAB 13. Regensburg: Schnell + Steiner. 9-22.

Kinzel, M., Jensen, C.H., and Larsen, A. V. 2014. Digitizing Archaeological Archives: The Case of the Diana Kirkbride-Helbæk Archive. In: Neo-lithics 1/14: 42-44.

Kinzel, M., Hermansen, B.D. and Thuesen, M.B. 2020. NEOLITHIC STORYTELLING OR HOW TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THE NEOLITHIC. Facts, Ideas, and Concepts behind this Graphic Novel. In: Godtfredsen, K.N. and Kinzel, M.: The Fox. A Tale from Neolithic Shkarat Msaied. Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari. 60-70.

Kinzel M., Hwawra K., Nielsen P., Harpelund A.M., Hellum J., Thuesen M., and Thuesen I., 2015. Shkārat Msaied 2014: Summary of results. http://www.damaskus.dk/shkarat-msaied-2014-summary-of-results/ [15-05-2015].

Kinzel M., Bakkar L., Godtfredsen K.N., Harpelund A.M., Hellum J.K., Hwawra K., Jørkov M.L.S., Nielsen P.W., Purschwitz C., Thuesen I., Thuesen M.B., and Soria A.H. 2016. Shkārat Msaied, the 2014 and 2015 Seasons. In: Neo-Lithics 2/15: 3-10.

Kinzel M., Jørkov M.L., Stråhlén R., Thuesen M.B., and Thuesen I. 2017. Shkārat Msaied 2016: New results from Unit F. In: Neo-Lithics 01/2017: 13-17

Kinzel M., Harpelund A.M., Jørkov M.L.S., Nielsen P.W., Purschwitz C., Soria A.H., Thuesen M.B., and Thuesen I. 2020. Life and Death at Shkārat Msaied: Results of the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In: Studies in History and Archaeology of Jordan (ICHAJ 2016), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan (21st – 26th May, 2016), Amman. 503-512.

Nielsen, P., 2014. Just another bone tool or an open window to the social organisation of production in the PPNB? An analysis of the bone industry from Shkarat Msaied (MPPNB). MS thesis/speciale, University of Copenhagen.

Nielsen, P., 2009. Worked bones in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) from the Southern Levant. An analysis and comparison of the bone industries of the two sites Middle PPNB Shakarat Masiad and Late PPNB site Ba'ja. MA thesis. The University of Edinburgh.

Purschwitz C. 2013. Ba‘ja 2012: Abiotic Resources and Early Neolithic Raw Material Procurement in the Greater Petra Area (ARGPA) - Research Aims and First Results. Neo-Lithics 1/13: 3-10.

Purschwitz C. 2016a. Shkârat Msaied. A MPPNB bidirectional blade workshop and its socioeconomic implications. Poster presented at the 8th International Conference on Pre Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East. November 23rd – 27th 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus.

Purschwitz C. 2016b. The Lithological Landscape of the Greater Petra Region. Availability of Flint and other Abiotic Ressources. Poster presented at 8th International Conference on Pre Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East. November 23rd – 27th 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus.

Purschwitz, C. 2017. Die lithische Ökonomie von Feuerstein im Frühneolithikum der Größeren Petra Region, Südlevante. Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment 19. Berlin: ex oriente.

Purschwitz, C. 2019a The Lithological Landscape of the Greter Petra Region, Southern Levant. Availability of Flint and other Abiotic Ressources. In: C. McCartney, F. Briois, L. Astruc (eds), Near Eastern Lithic technologies on the move. Interactions and Contexts in the development of Neolithic traditions. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East Nicosia, November 23rd - 27th 2016. Uppsala: Astrom. 199 - 212.

Purschwitz, C. 2019b A MPPNB bidirectional blade workshop at Shkârat Msaied and its socioeconomic implications. In: C. McCartney, F. Briois, L. Astruc (eds), Near Eastern Lithic technologies on the move. Interactions and Contexts in the development of Neolithic traditions. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East Nicosia, November 23rd - 27th 2016. Uppsala: Astrom. 213-226.

Thuesen I. 2008. Og Gud skabte mennesket i sit billede... In: Ny Carlsberg Glypotek (ed.): Tidernes morgen: på sporet af kulturens kilder i det gamle Mellemøsten. Copenhagen: Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek nr. 10:9-17.

Thuesen, M. E. B. - Kinzel, M. 2018. Stone Beads from Shkarat Msaied. Neo-Lithics 1/18: e3-e7.

Thuesen, M.E.B. 2018. Stone Bead Production at Shubayqa 6 and the Meaning of Personal Ornamentation in Early Neolithic Societies. MA thesis. Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen.

Unpublished/in prep.

Jensen, C.H. in press Three Years of Excavation at the PPNB site Shaqarat Mazyad, Southern Jordan. In: J.C. Margueron et al. (Hrsg.) Proceedings of the Third International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Paris 2002. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

Jørkov M. L. 2010 Human Bone Report-A Summary: Season SM2010; unpublished Report. Shkārat Msaeid Project Archive.

Kinzel, M. and Baranski, M. 2015 Misunderstood buildings? What Neolithic architecture can actually tell about the Neolithic. presented at “From Caucasus to Arabian Peninsula: studying domestic spaces in the Neolithic”-Conference, Paris 2015.

Kinzel, M. and Hermansen, B.D. in prep. The built environment of the PPN – Changing Spaces for changing practices? The case of Shkārat Msaied. Originally presented at the INTERNATIONAL OPEN WORKSHOP 2013 : Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes III Apr. 15 2013 - Apr. 19 2013, Kiel, Germany.

Nielsen, P.W. in prep. Working title:Every Last Scrap; Early Strategies in Management of Goats and Sheep in Shkarat Msaied (MPPNB). PHD thesis, University of Copenhagen.

Sobott, R. 2011. Preliminary Report on the analysis of plaster and mortar samples from Shkarat Msaied. Unpublished report. Shkarat Msaied Archive.