Reconstructions of the emergence of primarily agricultural economies in Southwest Asia have largely focused on data derived from village sites containing multiple households. This article presents the results of excavations at Pre-Pottery Neolithic B al-Khayran in the west-central Transjordanian Highlands. The site consists of a single substantially built square habitation structure, as well as associated refuse deposits. Results demonstrate that the site was occupied by a residential unit enacting a typical suit of household activities, including cereal production. This shows that there was greater variability in the occupational behaviors of agricultural producers during this time period than has previously been reported. Additionally, results from al-Khayran allow us to specify subsistence production behaviors that are not visible at village sites. The potential logistical and socio-
Matthew V. Kroot (Sun,) studied this question.