Peki'in, Galilee, Israel, 5th-4th millennium BCE, Late Chalcolithic period, Pottery a burial practice. After the body has decomposed the bones are col


Peki'in, Galilee, Israel, 5th-4th millennium BCE, Late Chalcolithic period, Pottery a burial practice. After the body has decomposed the bones are collected and placed in ossuaries (modeled and painted clay boxes) that were placed in caves on display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel


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