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Ghassulian, a. Archæol.|gæˈsuːlɪən|
[ad. Fr. Ghassoulien (R. Neuville 1930, in Jrnl. Palestine Oriental Soc. X. 202), f. the site Teleilat el-Ghassul near Jericho in Jordan: see -ian.]
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.
1931Bull. Amer. Sch. Oriental Res. Apr. 15 Then comes the characteristic Chalcolithic of Palestine, the Ghassulian. 1949W. F. Albright Archaeol. of Palestine ii. 45 The new Ghassulian culture was at first dated much too low by the excavators. Ibid. iii. 64 The Ghassulian graves excavated by Stekelis were dug in the ground and lined with stones. 1952V. 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. 1966R. 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. |