Major discovery of a unique ritual installation of the "Ghassanians" gazelle mass hunters. Several "desert kite" hunting trap features dating from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 7000 BCE, with recently discovered ritual stone settings which include two standing steles with anthropomorphic features. The tallest of the two (ca. 1.12 m high) also bears a depiction of a "Desert kite" intermingled with the human figure. The second standing stone (ca. 70 cm high) exhibits a human figure with finely carved details.The various finds, in addition to a ritual altar stone associated to a hearth, were organized within a reduced model of desert kite, built with stones in the middle of the campsite. This is the only architectural model of its kind known to date in a Neolithic context anywhere in the world.
Published on February 25, 2022 11:38
