ABSTRACT
To an extent, these cemetery types are ideals for which variations are readily observed, manifested along structural (e.g. Sha‘ar Efrayim), typological (e.g. Kissum Road) or temporal (single-and multiple-cave cemeteries) lines. Nevertheless, it is assumed that their distinctiveness also implies that they embody dierent ideas and facilitate dierent discourses. e task ahead is accordingly to disclose and articulate the concepts involved and to appreciate the variability and range of the mortuary institutions of the Chalcolithic period.
