The Jericho Skull

Description

A plastered human skull; the skull was taken as the base and the features of the face were modelled on it in plaster. One eye is made from a bivalve shell divided in two. The other has one, smaller, complete shell in place and is missing its twin. Culture/period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500 BC- 6000BC) * Height: 17 centimetres * Width: 14.6 centimetres * Depth: 18 centimetres * Weight: 3.4 kilograms Collection online record: http://bit.ly/jerichoSkull3D Google Cultural Institute: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/swH1nFuqOHaDLQ Created from 138 photographs (Nikon D5100/ OnePlus3 mobile) and Photoscan by Daniel Pett. [](http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2335) [](https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/83538689)