Of those buried inside, often the head was later retrieved and the skull buried in a separate shallow pit beneath the house floor. Some of the animal figures have been stabbed in their vital parts; these figures have then been buried in the houses. After the flesh had wasted away some of the skulls were disinterred and decorated. The actual building of them is also a way for an elite group to demonstrate and underline its authority over those who owe the community or the elite labor as service and to bond laborers together as part of a new community. The Ain Ghazal Statues are a number of monumental lime plaster and reed statues dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period have been discovered in Jordan, at the site of Ayn Ghazal. There are figurines of both animals and people. It was seemingly of importance for individual households to have members who participated both the hunting of cattle – likely a group activity – and the subsequent feasting on the remains. Also, many human remains have been found in what appear to be garbage pits where domestic waste was disposed, indicating that not every deceased was ceremoniously put to rest. Head, human statue from Aig Ghazal, Amman, the Jordan Museum Statue, human, from Ain Ghazal, Amman, Jordan Archaeological Museum
Micah, Ain Ghazal Statue, the British Museum 'Ain Ghazal is een neolithische vindplaats in het noordoosten van Jordanië net buiten Amman.Deze is gegrondvest ca. Excavations at the Neolithic site of Ayn Ghazal in Amman, in 1983 and 1985, uncovered over 30 human statues in two groups. Domesticated plants included wheat and barley species, but legumes (primarily lentils and peas) appear to have been preferred cultigens. Ritual behavior seen at 'Ain Ghazal include the presence of numerous human and animal figurines, some large human statues with distinctive eyes, and some plastered skulls. Ain Ghazal, archaeological site near Amman, Jordan, of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement that was active from about 7250 BCE to about 5000 BCE and is best known for its human figurines. Louvre Ain Ghazal statue left profile At PPNB 'Ain Ghazal goats were a major species, and they were used in a domestic sense, although they may not have been morphologically domestic.
While examining a cross section of earth in a path carved out by a bulldozer, archaeologists came across the edge of a large pit 2.5 meters (8 ft) under the surface containing plaster statues. Dating to between the mid-7th millennium BC and the mid-8th millennium BC,Although it is held that they represented the ancestors of those in the village, their purpose remains uncertain.They are all part of the collection of The figures are of two types, full statues and busts. The site is located at the boundary between Amman's The site was discovered in 1974 by developers who were building Army St, the road connecting Amman and Another set of excavations, under the direction of The vast majority of figurines are of cattle, a species that makes up only 8% of the overall number of identified specimens (NISP) count.