Ghassulianadj.
/ɡaˈsuːlɪən/ Archaeology.
Of, pertaining to, or designating a chalcolithic culture of which remains have been found at Teleilat el-Ghassul. Also as n., an inhabitant of this area in the chalcolithic age.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric
Bronze Age1863
Iron Age1868
Cromerian1922
Olmecan1929
Ahrensburg1931
Ghassulian1931
Yuma1932
Dorset1933
Oldowan1934
Cortaillod1940
Clovis1943
Olmec1943
Ahrensburgian1950
Ubaid1952
Olmecoid1956
pre-Clovis1962
Lapita1971
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > person of specific prehistoric culture
flint-man1872
Cromerian1921
Siculan1928
Solutrian1944
Ahrensburgian1949
Ghassulian1952
1931 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. Apr. 15 Then comes the characteristic Chalcolithic of Palestine, the Ghassulian.
1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine ii. 45 The new Ghassulian culture was at first dated much too low by the excavators.
1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iii. 64 The Ghassulian graves excavated by Stekelis were dug in the ground and lined with stones.
1952 V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East (ed. 4) xi. 229 The Ghassulians in Transjordan were buried individually in stone cists, sometimes covered by round barrows supported by a circular kerb of boulders.
1966 R. de Vaux in Cambr. Anc. Hist. (ed. 3, 1970) I. ix(b). 523 The name ‘Ghassulian’ has sometimes been applied to everything which is regarded as ‘Chalcolithic’ in Palestine. This usage is inaccurate, but there are certain sites, especially in the southern half of the country, which were related to Ghassūl and were almost contemporary with it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
<
adj.1931