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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........................................................ 57-74 M.D. Price, C.A. Makarewicz and M.S. Chesson Domestic animal production and consumption at Tall al-Handaquq South (Jordan) in the Early Bronze III....................................................................................................................................... 75-91 L. Zhang, D. Zhang, X. Wu, G. K. Chen, P. Wang, H. Wang and K. Wang Ancient mud-brick architecture of Northwest China......................................................................................... 93-103 C. Schmidt Pastoral Nomadism in third millennium BC Eastern Arabia: A view from Al-Zebah in Central Oman.......... 105-118 S. Döpp er Towers and ditches in third millennium BC Eastern Arabia: A view from Building II at Bat, Sultanate of Oman............................................................................................................................................. 119-131 M. Heydari, F. Desset and M. Vidale Bronze Age glyptics of Eastern Jazmurian, Iran............................................................................................... 133-153 M. Al-Maqdissi et E. Ishaq Notes d'archéologie levantine LXII. Une statuette des ancêtres à Palmyre (Syrie), datée du deuxième millénaire av. J.-C. (archives R. du Mesnil du Buisson)..................................................... 155-162 Recensions..................................................................................................................................................... 163-171