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The mysterious wall paintings of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan : : in context / / Bernadette Drabsch.

This volume is primarily concerned with the re-analysis of the wall paintings from the Jordanian Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700-3700 BC) settlement site of Teleilat Ghassul, first excavated in 1929 by scholars from the Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome and latterly by Australians from the University...

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Superior document:	Monographs of the Sydney University Teleilat Ghassul project ; 3
VerfasserIn:	Drabsch, Bernadette,
Place / Publishing House:	Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2015] ©2015
Year of Publication:	2015
Edition:	1st ed.
Language:	English
Series:	Monographs of the Sydney University Teleilat Ghassul project ; 3.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 229 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Contents
Plate 1: Re-arranged 'Star' procession
Plate 2: Re-adjusted 'Tiger'/Mount Nebo Landscape fresco
Plate 3: Re-arranged Hennessy 'Procession' fresco. Fragments, line art and interpretive sketch
Chapter 1.1 Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Culture, Materials and Context: The Ghassulian Culture, the Discovery and Original stated Contexts of the Wall Paintings
Chapter 3: Analysis, Composition and Creation
Chapter 4: Technology of Ancient Painted Wall Plaster and Modern Replication Studies
Chapter 5: Discussion - Art and Society in the Ghassulian
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Chapter 1.1 Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Culture, Materials and Context: The Ghassulian Culture, the Discovery and Original stated Contexts of the Wall Paintings
Chapter 3: Analysis, Composition and Creation
Chapter 4: Technology of Ancient Painted Wall Plaster and Modern Replication Studies
Chapter 5: Discussion - Art and Society in the Ghassulian
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Chapter 1.2 History of Research
Discovery of the Wall Paintings at Teleilat Ghassul
Chapter 1.2 History of Research
Discovery of the Wall Paintings at Teleilat Ghassul
Figure 1. Les Personnages (Mallon et al. 1934:Pl. 66)
Figure 2. L 'Oiseau (Mallon et al. 1934:Planche 57)
Figure 4. L 'Etoile or 'Star of Ghassul' (Mallon et al. 1934:Frontispiece)
Figure 5. Artist's copy of the 'Tiger' fresco showing the spook masks on the far left and bottom right. (North 1960:Plate II)
Figure 7. Painted fragment with 'Zig-Zag' design as published (Hennessy 1969:Pl.VIa)
Figure 9. 'The Garlanded Sickle' (Seaton in Bourke et al. 2000:65)
Chapter 2.1 Geographical and Environmental Context
Geo-Physical Environment
The Site of Teleilat Ghassul.
South Levantine Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns
Climate
Agricultural Economy
Water Supply
Trade and Inter-regional Contact
Summary
Chapter 2.1 Geographical and Environmental Context
Geo-Physical Environment
The Site of Teleilat Ghassul
South Levantine Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns
Climate
Agricultural Economy
Water Supply
Trade and Inter-regional Contact
Summary
Figure 10. Map of the Chalcolithic sites in the Southern Levant (by author)
Figure 11. View towards Mount Nebo and the other Mountains of Moab taken from Ghassul (Photograph by author, 2013)
Figure 12. Illustration of wells on Tell III (Mallon et al. 1934:Fig 8, pg. 19, annotated by author)
Figure 13. Fragment uncovered in square B1, house 31. The painted image shows a caprid and bird combination (Koeppel et al. 1940:Pl. 13.2)
Chapter 2.2 Society, Culture and Ritual Context
Cultural Change and Social Forms
Ideology and Cult Practitioners in the Ghassulian Chalcolithic
Burials and Belief
Ilan and Rowan's Hypothesis
de Miroschedji's Hypothesis
The Banquet and Sacred Sexual Act
'The Meeting'
Seaton's Hypothesis
The Festivities
Gardner, Campion and Polcaro's Hypotheses
Levy's Hypothesis
Summary: Ritual and Cult Practice in the Ghassulian
Chapter 2.2 Society, Culture and Ritual Context
Cultural Change and Social Forms
Ideology and Cult Practitioners in the Ghassulian Chalcolithic
Burials and Belief
Ilan and Rowan's Hypothesis
de Miroschedji's Hypothesis
The Banquet and Sacred Sexual Act
'The Meeting'
Seaton's Hypothesis
The Festivities
Gardner, Campion and Polcaro's Hypotheses
Levy's Hypothesis
Summary: Ritual and Cult Practice in the Ghassulian.
Figure 14. Plan of Tell 14 showing architectural clusters with child burials and wall paintings. Plan from Koeppel et al. 1940 (additions by author)
Figure 15. Plan of the Sanctuary Complex in Area E (Used courtesy of Dr. S. Bourke)
Figure 16. Infant jar burial from Teleilat Ghassul at The Jordan Museum, Amman
Figure 17. A series of small cist tombs found at Adeimah (Mallon et al. 1934:plate 59)
Figure 18. Plan of the Adeimah tumuli (Bourke 2002:17)
Figure 19. Diagram showing the proposed ideology and funery processes of the Chalcolithic period (by author)
Figure 20. An EBA stela from Tel Arad showing a resurrection scene, with the head of the person/deity depicted as a head of grain (Illustration by author after Amiran 1972b)
Figure 21 Palestinian EB III cylinder seal impressions showing 'The Meeting' (Illustration by author after de Miroschedji 2011:76-77)
Figure 22. Syrian and Mesopotamian cylinder seal impressions showing the theme of 'The meeting' (Illustration by author after de Miroschedji 2011:Fig. 4)
Figure 23. Palestinian EB III figurine and Mesopotamian cylinder seal impressions showing banquet (Illustration by author after de Miroshedji 2011:Fig. 5)
Figure 24. Palestinian and Mesopotamian cylinder seal impressions illustrating the ritualised sexual act (Illustration by author after de Miroshedji 2011:Fig. 6)
Figure 25. Palestinian, Syrian and Mesopotamian cylinder seal impressions and graffiti showing dancers and musicians (Illustration by author after de Miroshedji 2011:Figs.7, 8)
Figure 26. Gilat 'Lady/Inanna' and 'Ram/Dumuzi' libation vessels (Illustration by author after Levy 2003)
Figure 26. Gilat 'Lady/Inanna' and 'Ram/Dumuzi' libation vessels (Illustration by author after Levy 2003)
Chapter 2.3 Prehistoric Artistic Context
Prehistoric Art A: Precursors.
Prehistoric Art B: Contemporary Non-Ghassulian art
Prehistoric Art C: Art from South-Levantine Chalcolithic sites
Prehistoric Art D: Post-Ghassulian wall paintings
Painted structures in Predynastic Egypt
Summary
Chapter 2.3 Prehistoric Artistic Context
Prehistoric Art A: Precursors
Prehistoric Art B: Contemporary Non-Ghassulian art
Prehistoric Art C: Art from South-Levantine Chalcolithic sites
Prehistoric Art D: Post-Ghassulian wall paintings
Painted structures in Predynastic Egypt
Summary
Figure 27. Carved Pillar from Gobekli Tepe (Illustration by author after Peters and Schmidt 2004)
Figure 27. Carved Pillar from Gobekli Tepe (Illustration by author after Peters and Schmidt 2004)
Figure 28. Engraved stone from the Natufian site of Wadi Hammeh 27, Jordan (Illustration by author after Edwards 2013)
Figure 28. Engraved stone from the Natufian site of Wadi Hammeh 27, Jordan (Illustration by author after Edwards 2013)
Figure 29. Plaster statue with two heads from 'Ain Ghazal (Illustration by author after Rollefson 1985)
Figure 29. Plaster statue with two heads from 'Ain Ghazal (Illustration by author after Rollefson 1985)
Figure 30. Plastered statue from Jericho (Illustration by author after Kenyon 1957)
Figure 30. Plastered statue from Jericho (Illustration by author after Kenyon 1957)
Figure 31. Yarmoukian figurines (Illustration by author after Garfinkel 2003)
Figure 31. Yarmoukian figurines (Illustration by author after Garfinkel 2003)
Figure 32. Floor painting from Tell Halula (Illustration by author after Akkermans &amp
Schwartz 2003)
Figure 32. Floor painting from Tell Halula (Illustration by author after Akkermans &amp
Schwartz 2003)
Figure 33. Ostriches or cranes from Bouqras (Illustration by author after Akkermans &amp
Schwartz 2003).
Figure 33. Ostriches or cranes from Bouqras (Illustration by author after Akkermans &amp
Schwartz 2003)
Figure 34. Hunting scene from Catal Huyuk (Illustration by author after Mellaart 1967)
Figure 34. Hunting scene from Catal Huyuk (Illustration by author after Mellaart 1967)
Figure 35. Wall painting from Catal Huyuk Shrine VII.!4 (Illustration by author after Mellaart 1967)
Figure 36. Painted fragments showing the 'Lion figures' from Arslantepe (Illustrated by author after Frangipane 2004)
Figure 37. Wall painting fragment from Abu Hamid (Illustration by author after Dollfus 1993)
Figure 38. Copper 'crown' from Nahal Mishmar (Illustration by author after Bar-Adon 1980)
Figure 39. Figurines from Bir es-Safedi (Illustration by author after Levy 1986)
Figure 40. Figurine from Shiqmim (Illustration by author after Levy &amp
Golden 1996)
Figure 41. Ossuary from Peqi'in Cave (Illustration by author after Gal et al. 1999)
Figure 42. Basalt carving from the Golan (Illustration by author after Epstein 1998)
Figure 43. Wall painting from Tell Halawa (Illustration by author after Luth 1989
Figure 44. Munbaqa wall painting (Illustration by author after Dunham 1993)
Figure 45. Cow and calf fragment (Drawing by author after Holland 2010)
Figure 46. Tomb 100 Painted Scene, Hierakonpolis/Nekhen (Illustration by author after Case &amp
Crowfoot Payne 1962)
Discovery and Archaeological Context
A. 'Les Personnages', 'The Notables Frieze', 'Procession fresco'
B Miscellaneous Painted Rooms of Tell 3
C 'L 'Oiseau' - The Bird Painting
D. The Spook Masks
E. "L 'Etoile', 'The Star of Ghassul'
F. North's Area A "Tiger" and Additional Spook Masks'
G. North's Area E Geometric Paintings
H. The 'Zig-Zag' painting
I. Hennessy's 'Processional' fresco
J. The 'Garlanded Sickle'.
Chapter 2.4 The Ghassulian Wall Art:.

The mysterious wall paintings of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan : : in context / / Bernadette Drabsch.

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