🇯🇴 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 · 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 · Ancient village
Kharaysin
PPNA to Late PPNB (9000–6800 BCE) · Southern Levant PPNA → PPNB (Jericho–Yarmoukian continuum)
25 ha PPN mega-site on Zarqa River with earliest cremation and 6800-seed legume archive.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Teleilat Ghassul
Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) · Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)
Teleilat Ghassul in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea N, Jordan is a Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) settlement attributed to Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) – Decapolis Port on Jordan Valley Escarpment
Natufian to Byzantine (c. 10000 BCE – 749 CE) · Natufian / Chalcolithic / Canaanite / Hellenistic Decapolis / Roman / Byzantine
Decapolis wadi harbour city – revetment 30 m at –1 m in Wadi Jirm below escarpment terraces.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Bab edh-Dhra
EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) · EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE)
Bab edh-Dhra in Karak Governorate, Wadi Araba, Dead Sea SE, Jordan is a EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) settlement attributed to EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Khirbet Iskander
EB III through EB IV/Intermediate Bronze (c.2500–2000 BCE) with EBA predecessor and MB I squatter · EB III Canaanite → EB IV transitional (Intermediate Bronze) highland town
Fortified EB IV town (c.2500–2000 BCE) with double walls — only continuous EBA III→EB IV survival above 4.2kya collapse (Richard).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Kharaysin (Tell Kharaysin)
PPNA to Yarmoukian Pottery Neolithic · PPNA → MPPNB/LPPNB (Zarqa valley) → Yarmoukian
PPNB village (8800–6800 BCE) under Zarqa alluvium — two-storey houses, communal red building and early lentil cultivation, north Levant PPNB seal.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Ain Ghazal Mega-site Amman Plaster Statues
PPNB to Yarmoukian · PPNB Mega-site
Ain Ghazal Mega-site Amman Plaster Statues at Amman, Ain Ghazal, Jordan is a PPNB to Yarmoukian ancient city of the PPNB Mega-site tradition, built c. 7200 BCE for 15 ha mega-site 32 plaster statues.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Beidha
PPNB to Nabataean · PPNB Levantine to Nabataean
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7200–6500 BCE) 5 km north of Petra at Siq al-Barid ('Little Petra'), first excavated by Diana Kirkbride.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tall Jalul
EBA through Mamluk; Iron II peak · Moabite/Ammonite frontier → Persian Yehud fringe → Byzantine
Madaba Plains giant tell (18 ha) — Iron Ammonite pillared building, 9th c. destruction and Persian reoccupation, largest in Jordan’s Madaba Plains.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Deir Alla
Late Bronze to Islamic (c.1600 BCE–1400 CE; peak Iron 1200–760 BCE, Balaam c.800) · LB Canaanite → Iron Ammon/Gilead → Persian → Hellenistic
Deir Alla in Jordan Valley is famed for 1967 Balaam inscription — plaster wall with earliest Aramaic/Hebrew prophetic text 'Balaam son of Beor, seer of the gods...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Khirbat al-Mudayna
Iron Age (c.800–600 BCE; Moabite 800–600) · Moabite ( contemporary with Dibon, ruler Mesha? )
Khirbat al-Mudayna al-Aliya is a one-period enclosed Iron Age Moabite town (30 ha with 900-m casemate wall, 40 houses, sanctuary and reservoirs) — best-preserve...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley
Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite
Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city
Kiln Workshop Complex North — Jordan Valley (Amman)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Kiln Workshop Complex North in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Rampart Buried Gate West — Jordan Valley (Amman)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley — workshop-deb
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Workshop Debris East in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription
Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) · Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite
Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · EBA Jordan
Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA Jordan culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Aroer
Iron to Hellenistic (c.900 BCE–100 CE; Moabite–Nabataean) · Moabite → Nabataean → Roman
Aroer (Khirbat Arair) guards the Arnon (Mujib) gorge crossing on King's Highway south of Dibon — Mesha Stele 'Aroer' taken from Gad. Fort with Iron Moabite cist...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Ammonite
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland
Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) · Ammonite
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland in Amman Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) tell attributed to Ammonite.