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Gazelles, Liminality, And Chalcolithic Ritual: A Case Study From Marj Rabba, Israel, Max Price, Yorke M. Rowan, Austin C. Hill, Morag M. Kersel Dec 2015

Gazelles, Liminality, And Chalcolithic Ritual: A Case Study From Marj Rabba, Israel, Max Price, Yorke M. Rowan, Austin C. Hill, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

Endangered today, gazelles were both economically and symbolically important to the peoples of the ancient Near East. In various contexts, the gazelle has represented liminality, death, and rebirth. Gazelles held special significance in the southern Levant, where archaeologists have documented cases, spanning 20,000 years, of ritual behavior involving gazelle body parts. What roles did gazelles play during the Chalcolithic (ca. 4500–3600 b.c.), a period of both decreased hunting and ritual intensification? In this article, we discuss a unique find of burned gazelle feet at the site of Marj Rabba (northern Israel). The feet were found within a well-constructed building that …


Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy And Neo-Imperialism., Morag Kersel, Christina Luke Dec 2014

Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy And Neo-Imperialism., Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


The “Land Of Conjecture:” New Late Prehistoric Discoveries At Maitland’S Mesa And Wisad Pools, Jordan, Yorke Rowan, Gary Rollefson, Alexander Wasse, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Austin Hill, Morag Kersel Dec 2014

The “Land Of Conjecture:” New Late Prehistoric Discoveries At Maitland’S Mesa And Wisad Pools, Jordan, Yorke Rowan, Gary Rollefson, Alexander Wasse, Wael Abu-Azizeh, Austin Hill, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

Major cultural transformations took place in the southern Levant during the late prehistoric periods (ca. late 7th–4th millennia B.C.). Agropastoralists expanded into areas previously only sparsely occupied and secondary animal products played an increasingly important economic role. In the arable parts of the southern Levant, the olive in particular became increasingly significant and may have played a part in expanded exchange contacts in the region. Technological expertise developed in craft production, and the volume and diversity of status goods increased, particularly in funerary contexts. Mortuary and other ritual practices became increasingly pronounced. General study syntheses, however, rarely include more than …


Review Of D. Comer (Ed.) Tourism And Archaeological Heritage Management At Petra: Driver To Development Or Destruction?, Morag Kersel Dec 2014

Review Of D. Comer (Ed.) Tourism And Archaeological Heritage Management At Petra: Driver To Development Or Destruction?, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Fractured Oversight: The Abcs Of Cultural Heritage In Palestine After The Oslo Accords, Morag M. Kersel Dec 2014

Fractured Oversight: The Abcs Of Cultural Heritage In Palestine After The Oslo Accords, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

Palestine is a state in limbo—they lack full formal recognition as a sovereign land but possess a unique nation-state status that incorporates elements of a unified national consciousness and basic civil institutions albeit with limited autonomy. Palestine’s ambiguous political status is starkly illustrated by its convoluted territorial control, and nowhere is this more clearly attested than in the jurisdiction of archaeological sites and the display of artifacts in museums. The legislative colonial legacies of the Ottoman, the British Mandate, the Jordanians, the Egyptians, Israeli military orders, and the 1995 Oslo II Accords, which carved the Occupied Territories into a complex …


Review Essay: Cultural Heritage Management: Power, Values And Identity, Ana Pereira Roders Dec 2013

Review Essay: Cultural Heritage Management: Power, Values And Identity, Ana Pereira Roders

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


A Life With Stone: Gary Rollefson And The Archaeology Of Jordan, Morag Kersel Dec 2013

A Life With Stone: Gary Rollefson And The Archaeology Of Jordan, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


The Lure Of The Artefact? The Effects Of Acquiring Eastern Mediterranean Material Culture, Morag Kersel Dec 2013

The Lure Of The Artefact? The Effects Of Acquiring Eastern Mediterranean Material Culture, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


New Perspectives On The Chalcolithic Period In The Galilee: Investigations At The Site Of Marj Rabba, Yorke M. Rowan, Morag M. Kersel Dec 2013

New Perspectives On The Chalcolithic Period In The Galilee: Investigations At The Site Of Marj Rabba, Yorke M. Rowan, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Morag M. Kersel, Matthew T. Ruzt Dec 2013

Introduction, Morag M. Kersel, Matthew T. Ruzt

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Wikileaks, Texts, And Archaeology: The Case Of The Schøyen Incantation Bowls, Neil J. Brodie, Morag M. Kersel Dec 2013

Wikileaks, Texts, And Archaeology: The Case Of The Schøyen Incantation Bowls, Neil J. Brodie, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: Dark Tourism: Reconciliation Or Rubbernecking?, Morag M. Kersel Dec 2013

Editorial Introduction: Dark Tourism: Reconciliation Or Rubbernecking?, Morag M. Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Animal Management Strategies During The Chalcolithic In The Lower Galilee: New Data From Marj Rabba, Max Price, Mike Buckley, Morag M. Kersel, Yorke M. Rowan Dec 2013

Animal Management Strategies During The Chalcolithic In The Lower Galilee: New Data From Marj Rabba, Max Price, Mike Buckley, Morag M. Kersel, Yorke M. Rowan

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: Heritagescapes Of Development: Boundaries And Communities, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Editorial Introduction: Heritagescapes Of Development: Boundaries And Communities, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Vandalism, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Vandalism, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Looting Matters. Early Bronze Age Cemeteries Of Jordan’S Southeast Dead Sea Plain In The Past And Present, Morag M. Kersel, Meredith S. Chesson Dec 2012

Looting Matters. Early Bronze Age Cemeteries Of Jordan’S Southeast Dead Sea Plain In The Past And Present, Morag M. Kersel, Meredith S. Chesson

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: Innocents Abroad: Cavalier Collecting At Heritage Sites, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke Dec 2012

Editorial Introduction: Innocents Abroad: Cavalier Collecting At Heritage Sites, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Illicit Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Illicit Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Looting, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Looting, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Tomato Season In The Ghor Es-Safi – A Lesson In Community Archaeology, Morag Kersel, Meredith Chesson Dec 2012

Tomato Season In The Ghor Es-Safi – A Lesson In Community Archaeology, Morag Kersel, Meredith Chesson

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Marj Rabba: Wrapping Up The 2012 Season, Yorke Rowan, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Marj Rabba: Wrapping Up The 2012 Season, Yorke Rowan, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: Global Conversations: Museums, Diplomacy, And Provenance, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel Dec 2012

Editorial Introduction: Global Conversations: Museums, Diplomacy, And Provenance, Christina Luke, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Beautiful, Good, Important, And Special: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Tourism And The Miniature In The Holy Land, Morag Kersel, Yorke Rowan Dec 2011

Beautiful, Good, Important, And Special: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Tourism And The Miniature In The Holy Land, Morag Kersel, Yorke Rowan

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel Dec 2011

The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


The Power Of The Press: The Effects Of Press Releases And Popular Magazines On The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel Dec 2011

The Power Of The Press: The Effects Of Press Releases And Popular Magazines On The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: A Crack In The Diplomatic Armor: The United States And The Palestinian Authority’S Bid For Unesco Recognition, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke Dec 2011

Editorial Introduction: A Crack In The Diplomatic Armor: The United States And The Palestinian Authority’S Bid For Unesco Recognition, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


There Is No Looting In This Country. Gatekeepers And The Quest For Qualitative Data, Morag Kersel Dec 2011

There Is No Looting In This Country. Gatekeepers And The Quest For Qualitative Data, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


The Social And Political Consequences Of Devotion To Biblical Artifacts, Neil Brodie, Morag Kersel Dec 2011

The Social And Political Consequences Of Devotion To Biblical Artifacts, Neil Brodie, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


Editorial Introduction: The Archaeology Of Trauma, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke Dec 2011

Editorial Introduction: The Archaeology Of Trauma, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.


A Little Piece Of The Holy Land, Morag Kersel Dec 2011

A Little Piece Of The Holy Land, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.