Early Bronze Age Dolmens in Jordan and their orientations
Part of : Mediterranean archaeology & archaeometry : international journal ; Vol.6, No.3, 2006, pages 169-174
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169-174
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This work presents the results of a survey of dolmen fields of the Early Bronze I in Jordan, in theWadi Zarqa Valley, started in October 2004 and still in progress. Our data show, with a very high statisticalsignificance, that in many sites of the Early Bronze IA a large majonty of dolmens were builtoriented along the N-S direction. A first interpretative hypothesis of these results, based on the astronomicalcontents of the mythology of the nearby civilizations culturally connected to the Palestinianarea, is suggested.
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Early Bronze Age, Dolmens, Wadi Zarqa, Orientations, Funerary Customs, Dumuzi
