Modeling Time and Transition in Prehistory: The Jordan Valley Chalcolithic (5500-3500 BC)
Written by Mark Blackham
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Description
The author sets himself two objectives in this study. One is to introduce alternative methods for the construction of chronological frameworks in order to determine the development sequence of Chalcolithic (5100-3500 BC) society in the Jordan Valleyregion of the southern Levant. In this regard, the work addresses a number of issues relating to settlement and social change throughout the period and proposes several explanations based on the sequence of events. The second objective is to evaluatethe theoretical and methodological understandings associated with the classification of chronological units. This study advocates the integration of all sources of chronological information for the purpose of constructing regional sequences. In thefinal analysis, the agreement of both the relative and the radiocarbon sequence is considered.
