Jordan: The mysterious Stone Age village | DW Documentary
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2022
- The Neolithic village of Ba'ja in Jordan is a famous archaeological site. It was one of the world's first known settlements, founded some 9,000 years ago. The site has produced magnificent finds including an ancient necklace made of 2,500 beads.
What prompted our Neolithic ancestors to settle down? Why did they change their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lives so radically? As is so often the case in archaeology, it is tombs that tell us the most, while also raising new questions.
One of the most magnificent finds at the Ba'ja archaeological site is the richly furnished tomb of a young girl. In 2018, as the excavation team was about to depart, beads emerged from beneath the slab of a nondescript tomb. The team kept working until they finally recovered around 2,500 beads. Further research showed the beads belonged to an elaborately crafted necklace that had been buried with the girl. The team affectionately christened her Jamila, "the beautiful one."
Jamila's necklace is a sensation, and has been put on display at the new Petra Museum. There, the entire history of the country is presented, beginning with Ba'ja and humankind’s decision to leave behind the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Along with other finds from Ba'ja, Jamila's finely wrought necklace calls into question much of what we thought we knew about the Stone Age. In recent decades, the burial site in Jordan has helped us see Neolithic people through different eyes. One thing seems clear: They were able to invest time in aesthetics, jewelry and furnishings because their food supply was secure.
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I found some fossilized hominin footprints on a flat rock on a beach in Mozambique, recently cleared by a big storm. I was very excited and took the best photographs I could of a fossilized foot print. I contacted a few paeleoanthropologists but nobody was even slightly interested. Dozens of Doctoral theses have been written, speculating on fossilized footprints found in Tanzania. The ones I found were much greater in number and better preserved, and nobody cared.
Hold it in your heart you, shared your fortune with us!
In real sorry they wouldn't even come to investigate but I'd would if I was there. I'm betting that they are in either mud stone or shale
"They" parade out certain "findings" when it suits their purpose. Mozambique must not be a place "they" want discussed at great length. I would never share a finding with any of the establishment lest it be intentionally destroyed. (That's what the smithsonian did to the giant human skeletons found in the western us, and the artifacts that were found in the Grand Canyon...) Destroyed and lost to (true) history.
That's so sad! I'm so sorry no one was interested. Are you able to go back and do more documenting of the area on your own? I hope you don't give up the search to find an archeologist who will appreciate your find properly!💕
They’re likely wanting to avoid certain facts especially evidence leading to the population coming from confusion and the darkness of uncertainty into the liberating light of facts and understanding concerning the true origins of humanity. It’s sometime becomes obvious that the authentic history is carefully covered up, changed and manipulated.
Although no one demonstrated any outward interest in your find - I would bet $$$ that someone on the Inside has researched, documented it very carefully. .
These people are conducting their work with the respect the site deserves.
Someone raised that child for 8 years, loved her then lost her. That's no small thing no matter what millennium it is.
i would not stop looking. makes no sence to stop.
Ok you are totally projecting onto these ancient people. What evidence do you have to support this version of this storied reality of her life other than the law-of-averages when it comes to human experience? My dear, that still leaves you in the territory of conjecture.
Jamilla could have been born specifically as a select offering, raised without any kind of emotions, then poisoned and dressed with these status objects as part of a ritual sacrifice. Where she was then buried under the floor.
This probably (& hopefully) is not what happened. But do not let melodramatic sentimentality seduce you into making generic proclamations that cannot be substantiated. You are not respecting the dead when you do so.
@@scotytoohotie9887 By "lost", Will Star meant that the girl died. Lots of children died young until the invention of antibiotics (and vaccinations) less than a century ago. There apparently wasn't enough left of her skeleton to guess at her cause of death but it could have been pneumonia, appendicitis, an infected small injury or something of that nature.
@@chipwalter4490 Until recently, many children died of infections, illnesses and common injuries before adulthood. You don't have to project ritual onto what was most likely an ordinary family tragedy.
@@maryanneslater9675 I’m not projecting any cause of death onto this girl. None was ever mentioned in this documentary- did you watch it? Im precisely doing the opposite of the first commenters’ melodrama message.
By clearly creating a counter-fictional example of this person’s life, while saying it’s worth STICKING TO THE FACTS.
(A sentiment you obviously disregard)
I have a bad feeling about moving those beads - imagine the grief and love the necklace represents when she was buried-as a mother my heart hurts knowing a beautiful tribute was moved away from where it was placed even if it was restored
Get a life .
Straight up
I agree
The mother has the consolation of the body and the necklace having lain undisturbed for nine thousand years.... I understand you, but IMHO it´s important that these discoveries are made. It makes us more humble to know how incredibly skilled the people we used to consider "primitive" actually were. It might also contribute to better attitude to, and better communication with Native Americans, the original inhabitants of Papua-New Guinea and other nations like that.
As a beader that beads pieces like shells found on the beach and taking apart old jewelry to create new necklaces, I found the potential symbolism of such a beautiful piece to be so inspiring. I often give my work to friends & family. I craft them to honor the person with color schemes and figures that depicts their true self.
*BE▲DS*
The burying of your loved ones in the home so as to keep them forever close to you, reminded me of the little settlement in Orkney's Skara Brae (UK). Burial sites were in the houses there also. We certainly view the dead so differently today. I loved the work of the technicans who showed us how the necklace beads were made. Utterly brilliant workmanship, not only over 9,000 years ago, but also today in very steady hands. Thank you for this informative download. The work of the archeologist never cease to amaze me.
Who is this 'WE"which you speak for? And did the technicians "show us..."anything apart from their own imaginations at work? The "uttely brilliant workmanship, [over 9,000 years]" is an utter fabrication; noone actually knows whether any of the objects found in this site, may have NOT been from trading from outside the region.
The "imaginative"representations by, whomever, has no bearing, historically on any account of an occupation of ANY site. For example: How would someone 9,000 years from now excuvate, say, Auschwitz?
@@keitheldershaw9428 Merry Christmas.
@@keitheldershaw9428 I guess he uses 'us' and 'we' instead of 'me me me'
@@keitheldershaw9428 I think the conclusion in the documentary was the the shells were traded but the sandstone was local. So the centerpiece might have been bought but the beads were probably made locally.
As a 12 year old child my headmistress asked me what I wanted to be my an Archaeologists was my reply, unfortunately this dream never happened but the interest and fascination has remained deeply within me. My whole being feels a wonderful connection to those who were before us our ancestors I believe we have a lot to learn from them not just about them I feel there was great wisdom these ancient civilisations possessed as they lived in a harmonious natural way on this beautiful planet ❤ loved this video 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
For what it's worth, my son is an archaeologist who has worked in many Middle East countries, including Jordan, and he'd tell you that most of the time it's just like digging holes in the ground for little money...
(He has worked in Iraq, and the risk assessment mentions four types of chemical weapons, unexploded ordinance, endemic anthrax, possible radiological threat from unannounced testing of nuclear weapons by Iran and the need to have a constant armed guard. Pre assessment risk is that unless the controls are implemented, you will "probably dies". Day two a local worker does die, from a snake bite - not on the risk assessment. )
@@TheNemocharlie
That's deeply saddening.
But I suppose on a narrower personal level I feel a little less like I missed my calling from this profession.
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Can tell that you naturally apply correct English grammar..I bet that you have much to tell...& if you're interested in being a pen pal..
I am interested as well..stay safe and be true to yourself.
Fiona Tudor Tompkins..me again I hope that you do have a little spare time in order to drop a line... it's always nice when we can find the time to enjoy the things that we can simply enjoy without any demands, deadline or strings attached..🕊️🤲🌅
When I was a child I also wanted to be a archaeologist/paleontologist until I found out that it required a lot of college/university study I didn't think it should require any education I already new how to use a shovel and could tell differance between a stone and a bone or rock
I had no idea Jordan was so beautiful, crystal clear waters and ancient valleys, a part of the world where time has almost stood still for 9 millennia no less; and yet those who lived in that time had such intricate skills and knowledge, just remarkable. Hats off to the archaeology team for their painstaking persistance and the delicate restoration of Jamilas beautiful necklace, outstanding work! 📿❤️
Not anymore! And will be supporting those that brought it down.
Jordan is a beautifull place, so incredibly fully packed of historical places. Can’t wait to go there again
Jordan is a beautiful, delightful country full of good people. I have visited there several times and lived there twice. I hope to visit again and to maybe live there again.
"Time has stood still" Um, you realise this is a remote archeological dig site... Jordan has urban metro cities too.
they want to kill all non muslims
Those helpers are so polite and kind. Please reward them properly not just for their work but for their goodness.
I have wondered for decades how beads were made in ancient times. And you have shown me. Thank you!
This was such a treat to watch! Unbelievably beautiful artifacts, landscapes, and storytelling. It's surreal to think of the neolithic people from 9,000 years ago, having something like an elaborate, delicate necklace. I feel like this site in Jordan is going to revolutionize our understanding of the late stone age. Extraordinary. Thanks, DW!!!
I think they were just as intelligent as we are today
Lots of wonderful storys center around Jordan in the bible. It is referred in the bible as the lands of Edom, Moab and Ammon. Modern name is Jordan. Its river Jordan was where Jesus was baptized.
@@Peachy08 The Bible stories are from the late Bronze Age / Iron Age. This is seven thousand years before that.
Only of it was true. But it makes a good story for Ukraine supporters.
Unbelievable.
Having lived among the Arabs and Jordanians for a few years, it makes perfect sense that they lived more closely together. Modern westernized European& American humans are so much less family oriented and so much more self oriented, thats why these European archeologists find it difficult to imagine. You notice that the Arabic archeologists don't make those statements about the smallness of the living quarters.
Furthermore, why do the local workers not have their names listed in the credits? They're the ones doing lots of the work, but getting none of the credit!!
Yeah, I found it odd that they found it odd. The nomadic Arabs, ancient Israelis, Mongols and other nations lived or live in small tents. And there are other settlements in the world where people live in very small spaces very close together. The Native American Pueblos come to mind. As to the credits, they´re usual film credits: they list the film crew and the people who speak in the film. Hopefully, the local workers get credit in the scientific studies. I myself was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the workers were named and their faces shown. That alone is a progress, hopefully that trend continues 🙂
There is no such thing as the ancient Israelites, but the Palestinian Canaanites. @@martavdz4972
Thanks to DW for the excellent documentary video. It's almost unbelievable that this happened thousands of years ago in such an area.
Once again an awesome video.
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I hadn't even heard of Ba'ja until I came upon this video. What an incredible site! We're rapidly learning that almost all our preconceptions about "the stone age" are hopelessly skewed. Jamila's necklace is an undeniable work of art and a testament to the imagination, artistic conceptualization and technical abilities of these people. May the researchers continue to discover more about this fascinating culture.
Hopelessly skewed? Or intentionally muddied?
@@enlightenedhummingbird4764 why would they be intentionally muddied? Is this gonna be some ancient conspiracy theory?
@@kaptainkaos1202 Hi, Kaptain Kaos! I can see from your name the reason you commented. Nice try. 😉
@@enlightenedhummingbird4764 you never answered my question. Nice try? What? To get an answer? Jeez, go back to your parents basement.
@@kaptainkaos1202 😆 😆
The paper sign that said "Don't Touch" was funny to see.
🖐🖐
Do not be haram
🤘😂👍
@@shqip_sumejja Haram? Knowing the word is nice but don't throw it around. That could show your ignorance.
I so enjoyed this documentary and it was so interesting. So much to be learned. These people were amazing and cultured nearly 9000 years ago. I would love to explore the surrounding area as it is so mystical. I'm too old now to even think about it, but it's just wonderful. These archeologists and the others involved do wonderful work.
Same here. To old and to sick. Where did time go?
@@carolyncarver6822 I don't remember it passing. lol
I don't know how old you are, but I'm 67 and hope to return to Jordan again, not a farfetched, remote dream, but a real possibility. Sure, I can't climb through the dry wadis like the young folks, but there is still plenty to see and do there. Go! Go! I'm sure that museum in Petra is air-conditioned. The people in Jordan are good. Go!! So many ancient sites to visit. So much history. How can you not go?
@@dsvance1 Maybe I could pull it off one day. I'm 66, so it would be quite an adventure. I hope you get to return.
@carolyncarver6822
And @sillylilly4794 ,and @dsvance1. yes yes yes!!
Go go go! Ive spent a lot of time in Petra, Baida, Amman, ( months) & years in Saudi from age 56-62 and the thing about getting sicker is you must RageRage against it!!
Exactly As Silly Lilly says There is something so special there in Jordan- it helps you grow healthier & younger. The museum is Airconditioned. But go in oct &nov and the weather's much ćooler & as always drink lots of water and mist yourself and have fun.
Great video, have always known there’s more to life than meets the eye, I feel like in this life i am supposed to be doing more than i am doing for the people i love. been seeking for an eye opening enlightenment, a way to be more influential, powerful and protected~
oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them
@@haynesatteh4463 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth??
yeah man. saudi arabia has the oldest preserved civilizations found so far, theres one that even dates to 11600 years ago
Jesus Christ is the greatest protector of all, then snd now. Read a Holy Bible now available in most languages. He alone gave His life for each of us. He says He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. I pray you can accept this and begin a life's work in Him. He has so much love to offer you and your family.
I’ve run out of superlatives for these DW documentaries. This was so interesting.
I love seeing these great efforts to uncover the ancient mysteries of our ancestors.
Thank you for sharing this documentary.
I feel so blessed because my family looks at death I think quite a bit different than probably most. Let me say first I’m American and my family has lived in the hills of North Carolina for 300 years so our death rituals might have evolved here. We’re of European descent. For as long as I’ve known and told by my grandparents, who were born in 1899 and 1902, we’ve always taken personal care of our deceased. Just 2 years ago when my mother passed away myself, my sister and her daughter prepared my mother for services. I did a manicure and pedicure and painted her nails, my sister did her makeup and my niece did her hair. We then dressed her. We did the same for my grandmother and my aunts. My brothers and sisters will do the same for me since I’m the oldest and will probably go first. All of our graveyards in NC are within walking distance of their houses and when I visit we frequently walk the graveyards and literally talk to our passed over family members. Telling them what they’ve missed and how they are missed. It’s funny cause when I walk into my family home I say hi to dad and mom cause her cremated remains are on the mantle. Though not physically present spiritually they are still around. My spouse says it’s odd cause their family doesn’t practice like we do. To me if feels reassuring to be able to walk amongst my ancestors and feel them still close yet so far.
Addendum. I told my father about this post and he told me of the same thing from the 1860’s. My family fought on the Confederate side of the American Civil War. On his mothers side his great uncles, 3 of them, fought in the same unit. The oldest was killed at the Wilderness battle. The other 2 gathered their brothers body after the battle and left their unit to take him home. This is about 300 miles and they took his body home in the heat of summer. He was killed in Wilderness and buried at the cemetery in Randolph county, NC. An unpleasant job but my family is intact instead of being buried on a battlefield far from home. Last tidbit is that side of our family is intertwined with the MD Surratts. The Surratts of the Lincoln assassination.
It's good that you could do that, so your beloved deceased can be treated with the respect and decorum they deserve instead of in a hurry by someone just "doing a job" to earn a living. When my mother-in-law passed, I helped her sister wash and dress the body for burial. She was treated with full love and respect every moment of the process. Then the menfolk placed her gently and respectfully in the coffin and later these same men (relatives and family friends) saw to her respectful treatment during the burial. I still feel sad about her passing, but I'm comforted to know that every moment between her death and her burial, she was treated with full respect and love.
Well I tend to talk to my mother & father too, long since passed away, but somehow even tho they are not around me, they are still with me anyway. After all I am one half my father & one half my mother, so I am them. I'm an old bird myself now, but I think mentally keeping people close is the way to not lose them in your heart. I tell my grandkids who are scattered in various places - I am actually with you all the time, like long threads are attached to all of us, so never feel alone - each one of us is really a walking family, and for everybody I hope they can feel that way too.
Absolutely fascinating documentary! Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us.
DW, as always, gives us another great documentary about where we come from !
the site, it seems, is structured to represent the outward end of the birthing canal .
Beautifully done! Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Thank you.
So true! I teared up when the restored necklaces was being placed on its stand in the museum. 🥲
@@phdtobe Me too ... especially knowing the work and care that went into its reconstruction. R (Australia)
since i never will have the opportunity to be there in person, at the museum for instance, it is great to see here what is happening. such films make also a great change from all that war and crime and sadness, corruption and graft that seem to make the most - ratings - on the news these days.
I loved this. I am a history geek, always been been. I was the one that had my entire history book read by the end of first quarter. I didn't really want to be a archeologist, I wanted to be the person in the lab studying everything. I wish more people in the profession would admit that agent man was smarter, and more ahad of their time that they want to admit. From the Middle East, to the UK, to Eastern Europe, so much has been found. It is sad how much religion's have destroyed to stop people from following their own ways. How much have we lost from around the world, either from religion's, or people that just didn't care what they were destroying. I hope all in the field decide to finally change the history books. Thank you for this wonderful look into the past.
Did I hear him say burkhardt the same general Burkhardt mentioned from Hogans heros
3³has has number too much of
@mitzie wheeler! You are an archaeologist.
That's why we can't go ahead if we can't trace our history.we are living a white washed generation, much of what's taught to us in schools is totally poison
probably just a typo, I'm sure, but "agent man" should be "ancient man"
Enthralling ...and excellently presented.
Thank you so much for this documentary!
Looking forward to the next video on this fascinating stone age settlement
Stunning. Hats off to all those working on that project. Thank you
Fascinating documentary. Thank you for bringing this ancient culture to life for us!
I am impressed. It’s a very big achievement to found nine thousand year’s ago Baja is very interesting. Also the way you made this documentary each and everything explained the effort of archiologist are very hard working. It requires too much paitience to gather all the pices and clean and then arrange it.
I cant believe I wantched this for free! Excellent! Please keep up the good work
We visited Wadi Rum with its fantastic red mountains and desert dunes in November 2022 with a 4WD, after seeing Petra and its magnificent cliff temples. Jordan was awesome and better than Turkey and Egypt our previous destinations.
Great documentary. Rare these days. I do think that it is incorrect to assume the climate was similar, then to now. After all, the Saraha Desert was a lush, water rich area of rivers, grasslands, and forests at that time.
Great content, DW. The home/floor burial practices seem to have been fairly widespread in the Neolithic. Fascinating..
Such a gorgeous documentary! Thank you! I love hearing about how clever humans of the distant past actually were
The discovery of Jamila's exquisite necklace at the Neolithic village of Ba'ja in Jordan is a testament to our ancestors' remarkable craftsmanship and their transition from nomadic life. This find challenges our understanding of the Stone Age, highlighting the importance of food security in allowing them to invest in aesthetics. Nice work DW!
‘Thank you’ is simply an inadequate for describing the deep gratitude I wish to express to, first of all, the people of the land, for giving their permission to ‘strangers’ to dig up their beloved land, hoping to discover the ways of our ancestors, which have otherwise been lost to time. There are many, many people, whose contributions are equally important because they are all absolutely necessary, in order to complete every step along the journey of discovery, where we gain knowledge and a greater understanding of the world we live in. So thanks to all the people that are sometimes not acknowledged for their equally important contributions, the cooks, the cleaners, the labourers, the guides, the officials and so many more. Everything you do is indeed significant and important because you are the ‘backbone’ of the entire endeavour, that would be impossible without you. Stay strong and everyone, keep up the great work!
LOVED IT. Y'all seriously make great documentaries. Thank you for your effort.
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I love to hear about my ancient family. It very important for your life. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! We're happy to hear that you liked this documentary :)
Excellent program. It held my attention completely and I am yearning for more. Thank you. History is amazing.
Stunning, thank you everyone involved.
Beautiful documentary. Beautiful country, people an food. Thank you for such a wonderful documentary
Beautifully edited video. It was such a treat to almost get to know this little girl. Well done!!
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I can't add anything to the slew of superlatives in all the comments about the compelling content of this extraordinary film. So let me instead highlight my immense praise for the technical aspect of what makes it work so well. The things we are not intended to notice. 1. The editing is superb. 2. Cinematography, again superb. The sound mix, the narration, the writing , the authenticity of the 'stars" of this exquisite documentary. The tasteful, judicious use of overview shots, (rare today) and I could go on, but y'all get the point. This complex mix of professional skill sets isn't happenstance, or serendipity or by accident. It's a genuine team approach put together and it came together alright. Bravo! to all concerned.
I agree. As a (retired) documentary film maker, I appreciate the decision to let the 'stars' of the production be the people doing the work, not some overpaid 'presenter'! R (Australia)
Amazing material. Thank you.
Well, I can't help myself. This is a lot to say to those people who believe the world is only six thousand years old. Thank you for showing this at last.
I hope that after 9000 years they are able to recover enough of the childs' skull to be able to do a facial reconstruction. This show was fascinating, I enjoyed it way more than I expected, and I wish all those involved, continued success.
Excellent documentary! The discovery of the exquisite artifacts was amazing, and the deep appreciation and reverence for the human story was a highlight for me! Thank you.
A fantastic presentation. Thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Looking froward for more documentaries.
This is absolutely an amazing great video ,thanks very much DW team ❤🙋♀️🙏
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Love watching documentaries like this
wow, i couldn't stop watching! Hope there will be a part 2 revealing the next necklace!
The necklace is amazing. I think the history of Jordan is more extensive than we know in the books of history. Restoration experts are detailed. I like ur story telling skills
Just amazing you gave me thousand different angles to think about one event.
I studied with Napoleon Chagnon, the controversial anthropologist, at Penn State. He would be gratified to see his life's work referenced here - that a village will naturally split from internal dissent when it reaches about 150 inhabitants, unless there are outside threats to unite them into a more stratified social structure. He was a bombastic ass, but dogged in his pursuit to prove his thesis. I think he'd be gratified to hear his work referenced here.
Wow how cool, thanks for your comment, it’s always cool to hear personal ties to these things. As far as bombastic that’s pretty typical for penn state workers and professors, least the ones I’ve spoken with I’m sure it’s not everyone. And state college in general. Thanks again for your comment!
Great documentary, Thank you for the great efforts
This was a beautiful fascinating documentary. What an amazing discovery.
Thank you for the documentary. As an amateur historian I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially the archaeotechnicians work. Thank you again.
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@@DWDocumentary You're welcome. ^^
I'd like to see more on this dig. I grew up on the shores of the Salish Sea, in what's now Seattle. Even in the depths of Winter, all the Salish people needed to do to get a full meal was the hit the beach at low tide, and gather shellfish that were abundant. in better weather, the hunted deer, elk, whales, and laid in stored of dried salmon. They were amazing artisans, and had a sophisticated technology based in weaving cedar bark, which fortunately lasted long enough for scientists to study. Before European contact, they were essentially neolithic, as they had no intrinsic metallurgy. The Salish tribes had an extensive trade system, and were part of the larger Chinook Jargon trading system, which traded with other indigenous cultures in North America. Such that we see European trade items in the PNW before actual European contact. Salish tribes put far more effort into art than just getting food.
These people lived in a harsher environment, and still had time for advanced art, obviously these people did not live alone. They traded with others. People need to remember that these people may know vastly less about the world than we do, but they are just as smart. Here's the thing the presenters didn't do well. This necklace is an amazing piece of work in any time before the modern world. In most similar ancient digs, such an artifact would only be found on a high status individual. Yet they state they have found no signs of social stratification. I'm curious where other similar beads were found in place and time.
Fabulous !! Excellent !! We need more like this please. 💯
Wow! What a great show! Thank you so much from Tehachapi California 👍
Oh wow, thanks. I love such doco's....especially from that era & area.
Jamila's necklace surely suggests the people were food secure enough to be able to devote time to the making of decorative articles, suggesting a expression of wealth of leisure time and indeed wealth.
Truly a fascinating documentary.
Fascinating and very well done! Wonderful!
Such good content, Bravo! beautiful! Very interesting topic.
Fascinating. A whole unknown neolithic culture.
EXCELLENT DOC VIDEO !!! THANK YOU ALL!
I am kenyan and love dw documentaries
I'm curious how the archeologist daily life in the excavation sites like this.
Did they get back and forth to that nearest village each morning? It's really unpractical, tiring and took a long time. But then, there's no footage of them live in the tent either.
How very thoughtful. I could not begin to relate to their patience.
Such incredible discoveries. That such elaborate grave goods were interred with young children indicates that Stone Age societies in the area valued their offspring just as highly as later cultures such as Egypt, China, & Celtic Northern Europe. A wonderful insight into the origins of our modern way of life.
Jordan stole land from palestine
@@calicokush I'm not sure I follow what modern-day international boundaries have to do with a 9000-yr.-old Stone Age child's burial, friend. But thanks for your reply.
@@cdfdesantis699 lol
@@calicokush Leave out the politics azzhead! What does have to do with the video is talking about ?
@@Moodboard39 Huh?
thank you for sharing..this is so amazing.
I am so mesmerized with this video. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent doc.
I reckon they made the jewellery as a community - trade made them and held them together for so long, brought them extra food. And people still walk a long way for water, despite that it's the 21stC. So that's no stretch.
Indeed. A Society cohesive for centuries of Community Collaboration / Sharing ART as want as needs/values/science/shepherding/mason/knowledge/wonder ... Wells? Communal Toilets? Cleanliness. Medicine? Their stature which helped. Health (was DNA samples available) and its consequences. 'Egypt' in the very near wonder of inquisitive minds and space.
Excellent work! Maybe it's not a settlement but a city of the dead? Kudos everyone involved and THANK YOU! Great narration.❤🍀
Excellent point and a very interesting idea. As the archaeologists said, these square rooms were "too small for people to live in". So maybe it is indeed a network of graves, chambers, tombs built side by side to maximise space, conserve materials and minimise labour? Akin to a block of flats or a row of houses, rather than free standing, vulnerable, detached structures that would not be as well supported by the adjoining/shared walls of a complex style formation, and would use up more space, time and effort. After all what is a modern cemetary if not a mass burial ground?
This would explain the sites remote and "hidden" location within the valley and prove that, rather than doing the opposite of modern societies, i.e burying their dead beneath their own dwellings, which I find unlikely; these ancient peoples infact did EXACTLY as we modern people do, and buried their dead in these primitive "graveyards" out of sight of their living quarters, and safely tucked away from grave robbers. Certainly food for thought! Stay curious 🙂
@@rarebird_82 There are other examples in the world of the dead being buried right there in the villages - under the floors, outside under the overhanging parts of the roof, or even in the sourrounding trees. It depends a lot on the climate. I don´t mean to be patronizing but you´re not an archeologist; the fact that something seems unlikely to us laymen doesn´t mean it couldn´t be true.
IMO the archeologists know why they think it was a settlement and not a city of the dead. There are ways of distinguishing actual settlements from burial sites, like signs of fire, cooking etc.
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Absolutely fascinating! I would love to see what developments became of the remains of the child and jewellery featured at the end. A visit to The Petra Museum would certainly be appealing.
The archeologists/technicians from the institute in Berlin did a remarkable job with the restoration of the necklace. Naturally that was their interpretation of how it may have appeared, I wonder what it authentically looked like, or if there were more features or material secured to the circuitous shell structure?
Observing that talented craftsman working with similar tooling from the period offers an entirely new level of appreciation, such terrific results with the limitations of the time, particularly the etching and ultimate release of the central piece from the shell. I wondered if perhaps children with their smaller fingers and degree of dexterity helped to produce the smaller cylindrical beads.
With regard to those rings, claiming so confidently they are a type of currency and that others similar in appearance discovered elsewhere are counterfeits or forgeries is preposterous. The rings potentially have a broad range of applications and have no relevance to currency or trade regardless of the abundance. While the alleged forgeries though similar may again have yet another entirely unrelated function..
Scientists specialist in ancient historical research, including those engaged with cosmic research and the history of the universe, sound somewhat arrogant when they make broad presumptive claims, speaking in absolutes with great authority by claiming “that this IS what occurred”, or “this IS what this unknown item X is for”.
I would have far greater respect for statements such as “we suspect that due to… it might be… but in the absence of further evidence we don’t know for sure” or “our current working assumption is…”
It certainly wouldn’t diminish their expert knowledge base, in fact it would make them far more credible and still extremely captivating to listen to. I have enormous respect for their academic field not to mention the level of commitment and patience with field work.
I visited Petra for 2 nights and still didn't have time to visit the museum. Petra sites are too large.
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Indeed. A Society cohesive for centuries of Community Collaboration / Sharing ART as want as needs/values/science/shepherding/mason/knowledge/wonder ... Wells? Communal Toilets? Cleanliness. Medicine? Their stature which helped. Health (was DNA samples available) and its consequences. 'Egypt' in the very near wonder of inquisitive minds and space.
Interesting, my first thought on the larger red rings was that they looked like bracelets/bangles. Possibly hewn from the same type of stone as the beads, to make a matching set if you will, but in a solid piece rather than small beads, which may have been harder to maintain around the busy wrists of a wife/mother and all their duties. Just a thought 😌
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Thanks for this beautiful doc!
waiting with baited breath for the enxt instalment! Many many thanks for this!
Fantastic documentary, an inspiring discovery, and a professional team. Good luck guys, we are looking forward to the new skeleton reveals in the next episode.
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Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing.
This was such an EYE OPENER ! Thank you! WOW 9,000 years ago! We keep finding older and older sites! There is a lot we don't know. 102822
What I find even more interesting than the necklace itself is that they have build their houses square shaped and not round, like it was practice even in Europe or Africa at that time. And there are not a lot of square shaped items found in nature. These people did this not 900 years ago (we can still find that old buildings in Europe) but 9000 years ago. If we look at the pyramids, those were built around 4500 years ago Djoser pyramid, and these guys were building square shaped stuff almost additional 4500 years before. These people knew something we do not… I thought there will be more information about the girl who wore the necklace, some DNA testing etc. But I guess the bones were to dry and too contaminated or destroyed. Great documentary anyhow.
I don't think its that facinating that they built square buildings. They had limited space and the more efficient use of that space was building square buildings. Round buildings would have been a waste of space. Remember the buildings were made so close that there were not streets or walkways. They moved about the roofs. It would have been more interesting if the had built honeycombed shape buildings. Ancient people weren't stupid they at least if not more intelligent than we are and were logical people just as we are.
Interesting point. I think it´s simply the fact that there´s a lot we don´t know yet. We might unearth more old square-shaped settlements like this in the future and have more opportunities to study the development of building shapes. As to the DNA testing, it´s expensive. I used to work as a researcher and I had a vague impression this project was just a small one, getting less money than, say, the research of the pyramids or Mesopotamia. Notice how small the team is. They might be waiting for more funding to do more research.
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Just fantastic. Kudos for all who participated in the discovery!
Such a good documentary. Thanks DW.
Before the last war in Afghanistan I often bought beads and necklaces from a shop whose owner traveled there frequently. The craftsmanship of even tiny beads is beautiful. I would love to know more about the working methods. Once during a visit to Alaska I was intrigued by some beautiful round fossilized ivory beads, but when I asked how they were made the shop owner got very angry. It was his secret.
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There are more options: they were made in China from hard plastic; he found them; he made them himself, mold could ve been used
@@ymelfilm You're very ignorant about how Native American artisans make art with traditional methods and natural materials. I have a Native American friend in Alaska who is allowed to fish when no white people are, as part of her tribal rights. She skins salmon, cures the skins and makes beautiful little baskets with quills and reeds & hand rolled string embellishing them. She sells baskets about 6 inches across for $2,000! Bigger ones for much more. She's demonstrated at the Smithsonian, she's been to Korea, Europe - all over the world showing her skills. These people are keeping alive stone-age art and it's a highly desired product by people who have the money to pay for it.
Plastic beads! Lol!!
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The settlement is like a large apartment building, except that all relied upon each other for physical support. Once specialization took hold in industry and agriculture, people tended to separate themselves from neighbors and family and develop more sophisticated communities. These Neolithic settlements seem halfway between family or close kinships cohabitated space and larger, segregated urban or semi-urban settlements of people without close connections to each other.
Great documentary. Thanks for sharing it.
What a wonderful way for me to spend some time watching this. The world is fascinating and has always been that way and people are mainly the source of that fascination
These guys are doing excellent work. Hope that necklace lasts at least another 10,000 years
Not likely.
Wish we can learn more about these stoneage people and their cultures.
Fascinating. .many thanks to the whole teamsxxn
And the style continues today , beautiful.❤
I had a look for this place on the Internet and DW Documentary was the only media that had covered it. This place existed 4000 years before the earliest civilisations with writing and laws existed. Try to get your head around that.
The site reminds me of Turkey's Catalhoyuk, same settlement age, living on roofs, and burying loved ones in the house. It would be interesting to compare findings from both sites to see if there are any other similarities
I wish there was a full documentary from the beginning of this site to present day! This was so amazing😊
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Wow, what an amazing discovery which tells such a beautiful story ❤
The Levant (the area between Mesopotamia and Egypt) is definitely a historically rich area. The oldest city in the world, Jericho is not far from Baja. Most main cities in the Levant are thousands of years old and still settled by their people till today. Many things are still to be discovered.
Without sounding too contrarian, Jericho's status as the oldest city in the world, is a bit fanciful. Cities can't exist without trade.
@@wiretamer5710 but... there has to be a first one, or there wouldn't be any... a first city could certainly trade with nomads and smaller villages, until the value of what those people were trading made them finally settle and become other cities.
Though, Jericho being the oldest city is probably BS. It's only the oldest one still inhabited. Göbekli Tepe is an older site, and there's a Roman wall even older still. You don't build walls that last 13,000+ years if you're nomadic, so there was a city there at some point. Plus in order to find evidence of a city, the building techniques, materials, and locations have to be able to withstand a dozen millennia of effects from the environment and people. Look at the US. In only a couple hundred years entire towns are gone without a trace, because they were built with wood. There have been whole towns destroyed by fire, earthquake, and flood, and were never rebuilt, and there's no visible evidence they exist, and the materials they were built with won't last 10,000 years. I have no doubt there were millenia of city building before the materials and techniques we dig up were used.
My family is from Irbid, tons of stories of ancient artifacts found while just walking in the farmland..