Complex Communities - The Archaeology of Early Iron Age West-Central Jordan

Complex Communities explores how sustainable communities developed and flourished in the Middle East nearly four thousand years ago. From archaeological evidence, Benjamin W. Porter reconstructs how the residents of small villages were able to adapt to changes in their environment, including climate change, and maintain their communities over time.

About the author

Benjamin W. Porter is an assistant professor of Near Eastern archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a curator of Near Eastern archaeology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. He co-directs the Dhiban Excavation and Development Project in Jordan and the Dilmun Bioarchaeology Project in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin W Porter
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2025
• EAN: 9780816555512
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-5551-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 454 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history