A Roof Over One’s Head: Developments in Near Eastern Residential Architecture Across the Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic Transition

摘要: Field research throughout the Near East has provided a large corpus of architectural remains from terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene periods. These differ dramatically preceding cultures and, rather than simply reflecting growth technological know-how, indicate pro- found changes in more general needs human groups. The advent sedentism had major impacts concerning internal external mindsets communities involved. Moreover, examination archaeological record Levant reveals that an immediate impact as evidenced by increased community sizes social networks. Concomitantly it brought about subtle, incremental terminated 'Neolithic Revolution,' reflected architecture PPNB koine. latter can be considered sum transformation processes occurred vis-` a-vis role various domains transforming - dwelling storage structures, public buildings for communal activities ritual institutions, amongst others.