Jordan - An Archaeological Reader - Russell B. Adams
The Chalcolithic Period
Jordan - An Archaeological Reader - Russell B. Adams
Stephen Bourke [+]
University of Sydney
Dr. Stephen Bourke has nearly forty years field experience in the Middle East, with interests ranging from the archaeology of the Palaeolithic through late Medieval periods. He has directed the University of Sydney excavations at Pella in Jordan since 1992. Previously he directed four seasons of renewed excavations at Teleilat Ghassul (Jordan). He also had a long-term association with British UCL excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria, and the Durham University’s Homs Regional Survey. He has written widely on the archaeology of the Levant in particular, and has more than 90 publications in that field.
Description
After introductory remarks on history of research and chronology, our procedure will be to outline settlement patterns, economic and subsistence developments, and material cultural remains (including burial customs and trade patterns), initially with reference to the evidence from Tulaylat Ghassul, and then from a Jordan Valley per- spective, before integrating observations so derived with the more limited data from upland/marginal areas.