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Ghassulian
thumb|Copper sceptre from the [[Nahal Mishmar hoard (at Hecht Museum, Haifa)]] thumb|Ghassulian ossuary, ca. 3500 BC, [[Canaan (at the British Museum)]] thumb|The Ghassulian star
Key facts
- Archaeological culture.name
- Ghassulian
- Archaeological culture.region
- Southern Levant
- Archaeological culture.period
- Levantine Chalcolithic
- Archaeological culture.dates
- 4400–3800 BC
- Archaeological culture.typesite
- Teleilat el-Ghassul
- Archaeological culture.precededby
- Wadi Rabah culture
- Archaeological culture.followedby
- Early Bronze Age (Canaan)
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8 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Origins
- Ghassulian copper industry
- Dates and transition phases
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Copper sceptre from the [[Nahal Mishmar hoard (at Hecht Museum, Haifa)]] thumb|Ghassulian ossuary, ca. 3500 BC, [[Canaan (at the British Museum)]] thumb|The Ghassulian star
Ghassulian refers to a culture and an archaeological stage dating to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant (c. 4400 – c. 3500 BC). Its type-site, Teleilat el-Ghassul, is located in the eastern Jordan Valley near the northern edge of the Dead Sea, in modern Jordan. It was excavated in 1929-1938 and in 1959–1960, by the Jesuits. Basil Hennessy dug at the site in 1967 and in 1975–1977, and Stephen Bourke in 1994–1999.