The circumstances in which domestic animals were first introduced to the arid regions of the southern Levant and the origins of nomadic pastoralism have been the subject of considerable debate. Nomadic pastoralism was a novel herd management practice with implications for the economic, social and cultural development of Neolithic communities inhabiting steppe and early village environs. Combining faunal stable isotope and chipped stone analyses from the eastern Jordanian Neolithic steppic sites of Wadi Jilat 13 and 25, and ‘Ain Ghazal in the Mediterranean agricultural zone of the Levantine Corridor, we provide a unique picture of the groups exploiting the arid areas.

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约旦东部草原游牧业的起源：结合稳定同位素和碎石评估

家畜首次被引入黎凡特南部干旱地区的情况以及游牧业的起源一直是颇有争议的话题。游牧是一种新颖的畜群管理实践，对居住在草原和早期村庄周围的新石器时代社区的经济、社会和文化发展产生了影响。结合来自约旦东部新石器时代草原遗址 Wadi Jilat 13 和 25 以及黎凡特走廊地中海农业区的 'Ain Ghazal 的动物群稳定同位素和碎石分析，我们提供了开发干旱地区的群体的独特图片。