The recent excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad in northern Syria have made an
important contribution to our knowledge of the Late Neolithic in the
Near East. The site has yielded wholly new and, sometimes, spectacular
data on the history of cultural development in the 6th millennium B.C.,
which actually belongs among the poorest known in the region so far. This
extensive interim report presents a detailed and lavishly illustrated
description of the stratigraphy and architecture, pottery, flint and
obsidian industries, seals and sealings, figurines and other small
finds. In addition, essential data are provided on the ancient landscape
and the faunal and floral remains.