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Experimental Archaeology at Sha˒ar Hagolan: A Reconstruction of Neolithic Pottery Production in the Jordan Valley

The first potters in Israel were the inhabitants of the Neolithic village of Sha)ar Hagolan. The village was built on the northern banks of the Yarmouk River, a watercourse that has lent its name to a developmental phase of the Neolithic cultures of Israel and her neighbors, the Yarmukian (Franken 1924; Garfinkel 1999; stekelis 1966). During the recent excavations at Sha)ar Hagolan, volunteers from all over the world joined in unearthing a number of structures in the Neolithic village built nearly 8,000 years ago. At the end of each day, as we sorted and