Early Bronze I Occupation at al-Basatîn, in Wadi Ziqlab, Northern Jordan
Excavations at al-Basatîn in Wadi Ziqlab, northern Jordan, have recovered evidence for an EB I occupation at the site, in addition to strata dating to the Late Neolithic and Classical periods. Artifacts and a series of radiocarbon assays indicate this occupation dates to the early EB I. Analyses of...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2009
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2009, Volume: 355, Pages: 31-50 |
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| Summary: | Excavations at al-Basatîn in Wadi Ziqlab, northern Jordan, have recovered evidence for an EB I occupation at the site, in addition to strata dating to the Late Neolithic and Classical periods. Artifacts and a series of radiocarbon assays indicate this occupation dates to the early EB I. Analyses of the pottery, stone tools, and faunal remains suggest the site was a small, perhaps somewhat isolated, farmstead that was engaged in a variety of domestic activities. Architecture at the site includes at least one substantial structure that may have been a round, sausage-shaped, or apsidal house. Few contemporary sites from the hilly areas east of the Jordan Valley have been reported, so the excavations at al-Basatîn give important insights into local EB I traditions as well as contacts with other parts of the southern Levant. The location of the site may be related to Early Bronze settlement expansion into areas suitable for arboriculture. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/BASOR25609333 |