Thorkild Jacobsen’s scientific contributions

... The remarkable frequency of artifacts and other remains associated with the agricultural cycle of staple grains in HSC, and the simultaneous presence of human burials, invoke the notions of fertility and reproduction, themes that feature prominently in the symbolic and ritual world of the Late Neolithic southern Levant (Getzov 2011;Gopher 2012aGopher , 1568Milevski et al. 2016;Orrelle 2014;Orrelle & Gopher 2002), as well as in numerous later Near Eastern contexts (e.g. Bar-Yosef & Ayalon 2001;Bradley 2005;Frazer 1890;Jacobsen 1976;Mettinger 2001). In the broadly contemporary settlement of Tel Tsaf in the Central Jordan Valley, primary burials of selected women and infants were uncovered within and next to large-scale grain storage facilities (silos). ...

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Death and Depths: Exploring Early Fifth Millennium bce Ritual Performance in Har Sifsof Cave, Upper Galilee (Israel)