CHRONOLOGY
IN JORDAN |
ABSOLUTE
CHRONOLOGY |
LEHUN
FEATURES (SECTORS) |
Geological periods
 |
- 1500000 |
Lehun and the whole Wadi Mujib region |
| Palaeolithicum
|
1500000 - 17000 |
Flints (C-E) |
| Epipalaeolithic |
17000 - 8500 |
|
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic |
8500 - 5500 |
|
| Pottery Neolithic
|
5500 - 4500 |
Pottery sherds (C) |
| Chalcolithic
|
4500 - 3200 |
Ceramics (C) |
| Early Bronze
|
3200 - 2250
|
Fortified town, grinding stones, ovens, olive presses, water reservoirs (C1)
Tomb, ceramics (B3) |
| Intermediate Period |
2250 - 1900 |
|
| Middle Bronze |
1900 - 1550 |
|
| Late Bronze
|
1550 - 1200
|
Fortified village, houses, grinding stones,
ceramics, cosmetic palette (D) |
| Iron Age
|
1200 - 539
|
Fortified village and fortress,
ceramics, figurine, New Year's flask (D) |
| Persian |
539 - 332 |
|
| Hellenistic |
332 - 63 |
|
| Nabataean
|
312 BC - 106 AD
|
Square Temple (C1)
Intrusive tomb (D) |
| Roman
|
63 BC - 324 AD |
Temples ? (C1: not excavated) |
| Byzantine
|
324 - 636 |
Settlement, pottery (C1) |
| Islamic
|
636 - 1516 |
Mosque and village (A2) |
| Ottoman
|
1515 - 1918 |
Houses (C1, B1) |
| British Mandate |
1918 - 1946 |
|
| Hashemite Kingdom
|
1946 - |
Growing village (all sectors) |
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Chronology