Paléorient 44-1

In Memoriam
Jean-Paul Thalmann (1946-2017) par G. Gernez.................................................................................................. 5-6
Articles
H. A. Amirkhanov
The Middle Acheulian site Meshhed III in Wadi Douan (Republic of Yemen).................................................. 7-17
F. R. Valla
Sedentism, the "point of non return', and the Natufian issue. An historical perspective................................ 19-33
B. Finlayson and C.A. Makarewicz
Contextualising Beidha, Jordan, in the Southern Levantine PPNB:
Communal architecture and chronology........................................................................................................... 35-55
E.B. Banning, K. Abu Jayyab, P. Hitc hings, I. Ullah, S. Rhodes, E. Yasui, E. Gibb on,
N. Handziuk and A. Glasser
Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan........................................................