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In Memoriam
Jean-Paul Thalmann (1946-2017) par G. Gernez.................................................................................................. 5-6
Articles
H. A. Amirkhanov
The Middle Acheulian site Meshhed III in Wadi Douan (Republic of Yemen).................................................. 7-17
F. R. Valla
Sedentism, the "point of non return', and the Natufian issue. An historical perspective................................ 19-33
B. Finlayson and C.A. Makarewicz
Contextualising Beidha, Jordan, in the Southern Levantine PPNB:
Communal architecture and chronology........................................................................................................... 35-55
E.B. Banning, K. Abu Jayyab, P. Hitc hings, I. Ullah, S. Rhodes, E. Yasui, E. Gibb on,
N. Handziuk and A. Glasser
Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan........................................................ 57-74
M.D. Price, C.A. Makarewicz and M.S. Chesson
Domestic animal production and consumption at Tall al-Handaquq South (Jordan)
in the Early Bronze III....................................................................................................................................... 75-91
L. Zhang, D. Zhang, X. Wu, G. K. Chen, P. Wang, H. Wang and K. Wang
Ancient mud-brick architecture of Northwest China......................................................................................... 93-103
C. Schmidt
Pastoral Nomadism in third millennium BC Eastern Arabia: A view from Al-Zebah in Central Oman.......... 105-118
S. Döpp er
Towers and ditches in third millennium BC Eastern Arabia: A view from Building II at Bat,
Sultanate of Oman............................................................................................................................................. 119-131
M. Heydari, F. Desset and M. Vidale
Bronze Age glyptics of Eastern Jazmurian, Iran............................................................................................... 133-153
M. Al-Maqdissi et E. Ishaq
Notes d'archéologie levantine LXII. Une statuette des ancêtres à Palmyre (Syrie),
datée du deuxième millénaire av. J.-C. (archives R. du Mesnil du Buisson)..................................................... 155-162
Recensions..................................................................................................................................................... 163-171