Russell B. AdamsUniversity of WaterlooRussell Adams is an anthropological archaeologist with primary research interests in the emergence of complex societies and early states and the interface between the development of social complexity and the adoption and development of industrial processes and technology during prehistory. His current research focuses upon early metal producing communities in southern Jordan and understanding how the growth and spread of metal production impacted upon social organization, regional interaction and the environment. He has directed archaeological projects in Jordan since 1989, and specializes in archaeological method and theory, ancient technology and the archaeometric study ceramics and metals. He received his BA and MA (Near Eastern Archaeology) from Wilfrid Laurier University, and his PhD in Archaeology and Prehistory from Sheffield University. He has been a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow at McMaster University and has taught at universities in the UK, Canada and the United States.

• Table of ContentsList of Figures ix – xiiList of Tables xiii – xivList of Contributors xv – xviPreface and Acknowledgments xvii – xvii1. Archaeology in Jordan: A Brief History 1 – 6, Russell B. Adams2. Evolving Landscape and Environment in Jordan 7 – 34, Phillip Macumber3. The Palaeolithic Period, including the Epipalaeolithic 35 – 69, Deborah Olszewski4. The Neolithic Period 71 – 108, Gary Rollefson5. The Chalcolithic Period 109 – 160, Stephen Bourke6. The Early Bronze Age I–III 161 – 226, Graham Philip7. The Early Bronze Age IV 227 – 262, Gaetano Palumbo8. The Middle Bronze Age 263 – 280, Steven Falconer9. The Late Bronze Age 281 – 310, John Strange10. The Iron Age 311 – 334, Larry Herr, Mohammed Najjar11. The Persian Period 335 – 352, Piotr Bienkowski 12. The Hellenistic Period and the Nabataeans 353 – 411, Stephan Schimid13. The Roman Period 413 – 441, Philip Freeman14. The Byzantine Period 442 – 481, Pamela Watson15. The Umayyad and Abbasid Periods 483 – 493, Donald Whitcomb16. The Middle Islamic and Crusader Periods 495 – 537, Alan George Walmsley17. The Ottoman Period 539 – 568, Alison McQuitty18. Sites and Places Mentioned in the Text 569 – 581, Russell B. AdamsEnd MatterIndex: Sites and Places Mentioned in the Text