HLC Project 2014-2019: Research activity of the Jagiellonian University in southern Jordan

Late neolithic cultural landscape in the Al-Jafr Basin, southern Jordan: a brief review in context

“…However, a comprehensive discussion of this sort is required to incorporate increasing research data from the east and west areas of the basin (e.g. Betts et al 2013;Rollefson 2013;Abu-Azizeh et al 2014;Rollefson et al 2014;Gebel 2016;Kołodziejczyk 2018 and2019). This short paper would hopefully serve as an information platform for promoting the integration.…”

“…2: 2). We are concerned here with the Layer 2 rockshelter settlement, which was accompanied by a dozen miscellaneous open-air features including several anthropogenic waterholes (Fujii 2015(Fujii , 2017a(Fujii , 2018Fujii, Adachi, Nagaya 2018, 2019. The total area of this structural complex measured c. 200 square meters, but the rockshelter settlement itself had almost the same area as the encampment of Khasm 'Arfa.…”

“…Recent investigations are bringing dramatic change to this situation. A good example is provided by the discovery of a Jericho IX pottery assemblage at Munqata'a near Tafileh (Kołodziejczyk et al 2018;Kołodziejczyk 2019), which offers a breakthrough for exploring how the direct or indirect influence of an exotic culture was involved in the post-PPNB socio-cultural reorganization in southern Jordan. In contrast to this stands the al-Jafr Basin to the east, where a new adaptation strategy to cope with increasing aridification was sought within the context of the traditional PPNB outpost culture.…”