Food resources in the economy and ritual practices of the Northern Mesopotamia population during the transition to the Neolithic
- Authors: Kornienko T.V.1
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- Voronezh State Pedagogical University
- Issue: Vol 7, No 4 (2018)
- Pages: 167-177
- Section: 07.00.00 – Historical Sciences and Archaeology
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2309-4370/article/view/21870
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/snv201874203
- ID: 21870
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The ultimate establishment of the agricultural economy in the central zone of the Fertile Crescent took place in the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNB), while the heyday of symbolism, establishing complex social relations among the population of Northern Mesopotamia occur in the era of the early Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA). In this period, the domestication of any plant species is not yet registered in South-Eastern Anatolia (an area where the long-term intertribal cult center of Göbekli Tepe was found) unlike the neighboring Levant. The paper discusses possible models for the producing economy establishment in the region, analyzes materials suggesting that the ritual practices of the transition period to the Neolithic in some cases could contribute to the emergence and new economic strategies spread on the territory of Northern Mesopotamia. At the same time, the comparison of the climatic changes scientific studies results, archeobotanical and archaeozoological collections and material evidence of the development of social and spiritual life from Epipaleolithic and early Neolithic monuments of Northern Mesopotamia shows the coevolution/mutual influence of people and the surrounding natural environment. In our opinion, on the basis of the available data it is impossible to assert the primacy of the «symbol revolution» in the process of Neolithization in relation to early attempts at plant cultivation.
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Tatiana Vladimirovna Kornienko
Voronezh State Pedagogical University
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Email: zigzina@rambler.ru
candidate of historical sciences, associate professor of Foreign History Department
Russian Federation, VoronezhReferences
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