The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis

Three plastered skulls, dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, were found at the site of Yiftahel, in the Lower Galilee (Israel). The skulls underwent refitting and restoration processes, details of which are described herein. All three belong to adults, of which two appear to be males and one appea...

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Autores principales: Slon, Viviane, Sarig, Rachel, Hershkovitz, Israel, Khalaily, Hamoudi, Milevski, Ianir
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089242
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author Slon, Viviane
Sarig, Rachel
Hershkovitz, Israel
Khalaily, Hamoudi
Milevski, Ianir
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description Three plastered skulls, dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, were found at the site of Yiftahel, in the Lower Galilee (Israel). The skulls underwent refitting and restoration processes, details of which are described herein. All three belong to adults, of which two appear to be males and one appears to be a female. Virtual cross-sections were studied and a density analysis of the plaster was performed using computed tomography scans. These were utilized to yield information regarding the modeling process. Similarities and differences between the Yiftahel and other plastered skulls from the Levant are examined. The possible role of skull plastering within a society undergoing a shift from a hunting-gathering way of life to a food producing strategy is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-39297142014-02-25 The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis Slon, Viviane Sarig, Rachel Hershkovitz, Israel Khalaily, Hamoudi Milevski, Ianir PLoS One Research Article Three plastered skulls, dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, were found at the site of Yiftahel, in the Lower Galilee (Israel). The skulls underwent refitting and restoration processes, details of which are described herein. All three belong to adults, of which two appear to be males and one appears to be a female. Virtual cross-sections were studied and a density analysis of the plaster was performed using computed tomography scans. These were utilized to yield information regarding the modeling process. Similarities and differences between the Yiftahel and other plastered skulls from the Levant are examined. The possible role of skull plastering within a society undergoing a shift from a hunting-gathering way of life to a food producing strategy is discussed. Public Library of Science 2014-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3929714/ /pubmed/24586625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089242 Text en © 2014 Slon et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Slon, Viviane
Sarig, Rachel
Hershkovitz, Israel
Khalaily, Hamoudi
Milevski, Ianir
The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title_full The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title_fullStr The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title_full_unstemmed The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title_short The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis
title_sort plastered skulls from the pre-pottery neolithic b site of yiftahel (israel) – a computed tomography-based analysis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089242
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