🇯🇴 Jordan · Megalith
Dolmen de Convent
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Dolmen de Convent in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Moche culture.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Hillfort
Roxby Hillfort
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Roxby Hillfort in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) hillfort attributed to Harappan culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Qasr Burquʿ
Late Roman/Byzantine to Umayyad · Roman/Byzantine → Umayyad Arab
Black basalt desert castle (qasr) on the shores of seasonal Burqu Lake and Roman strata — possibly Byzantine Valentinian outpost incorporated into Umayyad qusur (~700 CE) — isolated in Harra basalt…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Ataruz
Iron Age (c.1200–700 BCE; Moabite 900–700, destruction c.700) · Moabite → Israelite (Gad?) → Assyrian destruction
Khirbat Ataruz is likely biblical Ataroth (Numbers 32, Mesha Stele) — massive moat, double wall and Iron complex: gate, cultic building with horned altar, bull...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Kurgan
Norway Reindeer Pitfall South
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Norway Reindeer Pitfall South in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) kurgan attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North — Harrat al-Sham (Azraq)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West — Jordan Valley (Amman)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Gadara — Umm Qais
Hellenistic to Ottoman (300 BCE–1600 CE) · Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis (Menippos poet)
Gadara — Umm Qais in Yarmuk Gorge, Jordan is a Hellenistic to Ottoman (300 BCE–1600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis (Menippos poet).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian · PPN–Yarmoukian
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian ancient-village attributed to PPN–Yarmoukian.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Jerash North Theatre — Gerasa Extension
Roman to Byzantine (50–600 CE) · Roman Decapolis
Jerash North Theatre — Gerasa Extension in Jerash Governorate, Jordan is a Roman to Byzantine (50–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Decapolis.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley
Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) · Ghassulian
Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Ghassulian culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Numeira — Dead Sea Plain
Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) · EBA
Numeira — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock-cut
Petra — Al Khazneh Treasury Annex Tombs
Nabataean (1st c. BCE–1st c. CE; Treasury c.56 BCE Aretas IV) · Nabataean
Siq-end Treasury excavated by Horsfield 1929 and recent, empty tombs, annex row with loculi and triclinia.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV
EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) · EB IV
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV in Zarqa Governorate, Wadi Iskander, Jordan is a EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to EB IV culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Iktanu — Jordan Valley
Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) · Canaanite
Tell Iktanu — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite. EB I-III double town with massive stone walls and glacis on valley floor.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad East Fallout Kites (Eastern Piedmont Debris Fan)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Late to Pottery Neolithic (7000–6000 BCE) · Wisad east fan pastoral hunters
9 eastern tephra-fan kites 685 m: Y-branch walls 180–420 m and oval pens with desert wheels and fossilized hoof prints.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jebel Abu Khashaba North Ridge Kites (Northern Khashabiyeh Ridge Extension)
PPNA–PPNB Early to Late (8400–6500 BCE) · Jibal al-Khashabiyeh SE Jordan PPNA Ghassanian trappers
10 long-arm ridge kites 920 m: walls 520–1450 m to 12–16 m single-pit bag pens with pillar stone 1:10 scale kite engraving.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Maitland East Mesa Kite Chain (Ghabit–Maitland Corridor)
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Black Desert ridge pastoralists
Ridge chain ESE of Maitland's Mesa: 9 notch-anchored kites along 6.2 km Ghabit basalt ridge.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortified city
Khirbet al-Mudayna ath-Thawr
Iron Age II (1000–600 BCE) · Moabite Iron Age
Iron Age II (1000–600 BCE) fortified-city of Moabite Iron Age in Karak Governorate, Mujib–Karak Plateau (c.1000 BCE).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Dhiban (Dibon, Tell Dhiban)
Bronze Age – Islamic (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Moabite
Bronze Age – Islamic (3000 BCE–1400 CE) tell of Moabite in Madaba Governorate, Mujib Plateau (c.3000 BCE).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Ithnayn East Col Kites (Twin Peaks Eastern Pass)
PPNB Late to LN (7000–5500 BCE) · Ithnayn twin-cone pass trappers (Maitland–Kheshabiyeh fringe)
6 pass-straddling kites 740 m: 900 m walls ascend 38° cone slopes to dual opposing pens in 420 m col — only ridge-break kite system.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Jawa Dam North Basalt Dam — Mafraq Wadi Rajil
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age · Late Chalcolithic pastoral proto-urban
Wadi Rajil north 80-m ×5-m basalt rubble with 10 ha reservoir, oldest dam-system part 3000 BCE Jawa desert town.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Southern Extension
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Southern Extension in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.