Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342465

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342465

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Wadi Rayyan and Olive Production in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ages (4500-3000 BCE). This project seeks funds to excavate two sites in the Wadi Rayyan in the highlands of Jordan. This previously unexplored area of Jordan is at high altitude and an excellent region for olive growing. Both sites show evidence of agricultural processing (features cut into the bedrock) and both show evidence of Chalcolithic/EBA occupation (4500-3000 BCE). Excavation will reveal the relationship between the changing economy in the Late Chalcolithic (4000-3500 BCE) and the changing pattern of settlement in the region through excavations at these key sites. Specifically this project will investigate the links between early olive processing and early complex society.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-01-2003

End Date: 09-02-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $378,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Europe, The Mediterranean And

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Europe, The Mediterranean And | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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