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 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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Excavation · Geography · Pottery · Radiocarbon dating · Settlement (finance · Southern Levant · Wadi · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History

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