Abstract
This thesis examines the 102 plastered skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolith B in the Levant and the Pottery Neolithic in Anatolia. The plastered skulls were made from 8,920 - 5211 ± 84 B.C.E. This thesis uses the grave offerings and associated artifacts and locations with whom the skulls were found to reconstruct their symbolism. By examining the non-human animal remains, infants, figurines and plaster statues, it becomes clear that the plastered skulls were presented as hunters.