Abstract
Recent fieldwork in the Jebel Qurma region, in the basalt wasteland east of Azraq, revealed a large number of prehistoric sites,dating from the 7th to the late 4th millennia cal BC. While some sites were little more than lithic scatters over a few dozen square metres, others were of impressive size, up to 8 hectares in extent and characterized by hundreds of stone-built structures. The new data demonstrate considerable diversity in site layout as well as clear shifts in habitation patterns and locational preferences through time. These new insights require a re-evaluation of current thoughts on settlement and community organization in the basaltic uplands of north-eastern Jordan in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 186-205 |
| Journal | Levant |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 8 Sept 2014 |
Keywords
- Jordan
- Neolithic
- Chalcolithic
- dessert environs
- settlement history
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Mobile Peoples - Permanent Places. Nomadic landscapes and stone architecture from the Hellenistic to Early Islamic periods in north-eastern Jordan
Huigens, H., 2019, Oxford: Archaeopress. 270 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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