Offering the most comprehensive study of southern Jordan, this
illuminating account presents detailed data from over a hundred
archaeological sites stretching from the Lower Paleotlithic to the
Chalcolithic periods. The author uses archaeological and
paleoenvironmental evidence to reconstruct synchronic and evolutionary
aspects of the cultural ecology of the prehistoric inhabitants of
southern Jordan. This study exemplifies that cultural historic and
processual approaches are integral to examining prehistoric cultural
ecology. Numerous artifact illustrations as well as tables and
appendixes containing primary data are included.