Early village life at Beidha, Jordan

"This book explores the spatial organization and vernacular architecture of the Early Neolithic village of Beidha in southern Jordan. This is the second book on Beidha (the first volume focused on the earlier Natufian settlement), and it is a case study rigorously investigating changes in community organization associated with early sedentism and food production in Southwest Asia." "Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek's extensive fieldwork at Beidha yielded a considerable, occupation span, extensive horizontal exposure, numerous excavated buildings with well preserved architecture and features, and a relative abundance of in situ artifacts. These broad horizontal excavations revealed a moderately sized early farming community dating to the middle of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B. period, primarily after 7000 B.C."--BOOK JACKET.