Rujm el-Hiri: The Monument in the Landscape

Freikman, Michael; Porat, Naomi

doi:10.1080/03344355.2017.1280973

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“…Former studies used OSL dating in the Golan Heights in archaeological sites (Freikman and Porat, 2017) or paleoseismology (Zilberman et al, 2000).…”

Section: Optically Stimulated Luminescence (Osl)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Denudation of the Golan Heights basaltic terrain using in-situ 36Cl and OSL dating

Be’eri-Shlevin

Matmon²,

Rotstein

et al. 2023

Geomorphology

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“…Former studies used OSL dating in the Golan Heights in archaeological sites (Freikman and Porat, 2017) or paleoseismology (Zilberman et al, 2000).…”

Section: Optically Stimulated Luminescence (Osl)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Denudation of the Golan Heights basaltic terrain using in-situ 36Cl and OSL dating

Be’eri-Shlevin

Matmon²,

Rotstein

et al. 2023

Geomorphology

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“…Considering that Levantine megalithic monuments have been attributed to the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE, thanks in part to excavations over the last 30 years (Braemer et al, 2004(Braemer et al, , 2011Fernandez-Tresguerres Velasco et Junceda Quintana, 1991;Kerner, 2019;Polcaro et Muniz, 2018;Steimer-Herbet, 2006), the MEG-A project aims to increase the dating of these monuments through the application of various methods. Luminescence dating 5 is thus being employed within this ongoing research in Menjez, as it has already demonstrated its potential for dating megaliths, notably at Rujm el-Hiri (Freikman et Porat, 2017). It also seeks to establish a cultural framework, determine the ritual identity of these societies, and identify the regional significance of these megalithic ensembles.…”

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“…Several thousand megalithic monuments have been documented in the area; however, only 300 of them have been excavated. Digs have been carried out in Israel (Aveni & Mizrachi, 1998;Bahat, 1972;Epstein, 1985;Freikman & Porat, 2017;Vinitzky, 1992), Jordan (Fernandez-Tresguerres Velasco & Junceda Quintana, 1991;Fernandez-Tresguerres Velasco, 2011;Kerner, 2019;Kerner et al, 2017;Polcaro et al, 2014;Polcaro & Muniz, 2018;Kołodziejczyk, personal communication), Syria (Braemer et al, 2004(Braemer et al, , 2011Steimer-Herbet, 2006;Steimer-Herbet & Besse, 2017), and Lebanon (Steimer-Herbet et al, 2022;Tallon, 1964). Some researchers have also undertaken a review of the constantly evolving research on this subject (Avner, 2002;Fraser, 2018;Steimer-Herbet, 2004-2005.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Levantine Megalithic Building Techniques: A Groundbreaking Method Applied to Menjez’s Monuments (Akkar, Lebanon) from the 4th–3rd Millennium BCE

Defours Rivoira,

Cousseau,

Steimer-Herbet

2024

J Archaeol Method Theory

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The aim of this paper is to present the methodology used to study the megalithic architecture of Menjez’s monuments (Akkar, Lebanon), as part of the MEG-A Project - “First megalith builders in the northern Levant” (2022–2025). Twenty-four monuments have been investigated since 2018. The primary objective is to pioneer a comprehensive understanding of the unique Levantine megalithic building techniques and re-establish the “chaînes opératoires,” by determining the builders’ sequence of actions. This groundbreaking methodology originally developed for Western European megalithic monuments, notably in Brittany, France, has been innovatively applied and customized to suit the Levantine context, specifically focusing on the distinctive basaltic monuments of Menjez and its surrounding areas. By using photogrammetry as a tool, the researchers are able to de-construct the megalithic architecture by analyzing the different components of these monuments. Moreover, it is then possible to describe monoliths according to their place within the monument and their geological and geomorphological features. Our work has led us to consider the symbolic aspect expressed in the megalithic architecture of Menjez. Employing this groundbreaking methodology not only yields concrete answers regarding the typology of these monuments but also dramatically reshapes our perception of their construction. It establishes a precise relative chronology for the various architectural phases and, most significantly, reveals the hidden details of the raw material supply chain.

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“…Grave circles and tumuli‐over‐cist structures seem to concentrate in the arid Negev and Sinai, on the southern margins of the Levant. Further to the north, but mainly east of the Jordan River, dolmens seem to be the dominant burial feature (Freikman and Porat , 21–4).…”

Section: Chalcolithic Mortuary Practicesmentioning

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Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE: Interpreting the Chalcolithic Ossuaries of the Southern Levant

Ilan

Rowan

2019

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary We examine and reinterpret the phenomenon of containers used for the secondary burial of human remains – ossuaries – in the Chalcolithic period of the southern Levant, c.4500–3700 BCE. Ossuary form and decoration, both plastic and painted, is evocative and symbol‐laden. Since their first discovery in the 1930s, several hypotheses have sought to explain ossuary iconography, but none provides an integrated, holistic interpretation. Chalcolithic iconography, mortuary contexts, and archetypal mythologies suggest that ossuaries, mainly of clay, but also of stone, served as vehicles of reincarnation.

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Rujm el-Hiri: The Monument in the Landscape

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Denudation of the Golan Heights basaltic terrain using in-situ 36Cl and OSL dating

Denudation of the Golan Heights basaltic terrain using in-situ 36Cl and OSL dating

The Levantine Megalithic Building Techniques: A Groundbreaking Method Applied to Menjez’s Monuments (Akkar, Lebanon) from the 4th–3rd Millennium BCE

Expediting Reincarnation in the Fifth Millennium BCE: Interpreting the Chalcolithic Ossuaries of the Southern Levant

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