Social complexity in Northern Jordan : settlement patterns in the first millennium BCE through archaeological survey and excavation / Marta Lorenzon, Melis Uzdurum, Paula Gheorghiade and Antti Lahelma (eds)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorenzon, Marta, editor.

Lahelma, Antti, editor.

Gheorghiade, Paula, editor.

Uzdurum, Melis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Manners and customs.

Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Iron age.

Jordan.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026

Summary:

"This investigation of Northern Jordan in the first millennium BCE offers new insights into the mechanisms of social complexity, showing how communities adapted to their environments, negotiated power and interacted with their neighbours. The Iron Age Levant is a pivotal period in human history, representing a crucial phase in the evolution of complex societies. This era witnessed the emergence of new political structures, economic systems and cultural expressions that have had a lasting impact on subsequent civilizations. With the focus on Northern Jordan, a region much less studied than the surrounding areas of the Levant, the case studies of Tall Ya’moun and Tall al-Assara present the most recent archaeological excavations and surveys from fortified settlement sites and their surroundings. Individual chapters discuss topics such as observations on architecture, the results of different types of scientific analyses, and detailed analyses of specific artefacts such as pottery, stone vessels and bones. The contributors employ cutting-edge digital and analytical methodologies, such as soil geochemistry, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, network analysis, GIS and 3D technologies. As a result, this book presents an important step forward in outlining the role of Northern Jordan in the political and cultural map of the Iron Age Levant, and it also sheds light on the origins of many modern cultural and religious practices"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

Complexity and networks during the first millennium in northern Jordan / Dries Daems and Paula Gheorghiade

Tracing connections : Pottery typologies from northern Jordan / Paula Gheorghiade, Stanley Klassen and Dries Daems

Regional views on specialization and longevity of ceramic technologies / Elisabeth Holmqvist and Ahmed H. Al-Shorman

Chipped stone tool assemblages in northern Jordan during prehistoric and protohistoric times / Samuele Mugnai and Domenico Lo Vetro

Resilience and assertion in the Jordanian highlands / Antti Lahelma, Maija Holappa, Saimi Kautonen, Samuel Reinikainen, Anu Ketonen and Kirsi Valkama

Pottery traditions : Regionality, longevity and specialization / Paula Gheorghiade, Stanley Klassen and Dries Daems

Environmental archaeology : Faunal and floral remains / Matteo Penco and Doga Karakaya

Architecture and the built environment / Marta Lorenzon, Tia Sager, Keenan Drake and Benjamín Cutillas-Victoria

Pathways of social complexity : Evidence from northern Jordan during the first millennium BCE / Melis Uzdurum and Antti Lahelma

Local heritage, unauthorized excavation and community engagement in northern Jordan / Ahed Al-Smadi, Päivi Miettunen, Rick Bonnie, Ali M. Khwaileh and Mohammed Shunnaq

Towards future research / Marta Lorenzon, Paula Gheorghiade and Hussein Al-Sababha

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed August 19, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Social complexity in Northern Jordan

ISBN:

9781350521360

1350521361

9781350521353

1350521353

9781350521346

1350521345

OCLC:

1520506582

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access