When Western explorers first encountered dolmens in the Levant, they thought they had
discovered the origins of a megalithic phenomenon that spread as far as the Atlantic coast …

The history of Jordan is an epistemological construction of the colonial past with Biblical
archaeology at its core. At the same time, vernacular heritage is addressed by many foreign …

This three-part article presents the history of archaeological research in Jordan, especially in
the last one hundred years and concentrating on methodological advances. The first part of …

The main aim of this work is to provide an example of integrated use of recent achievements
from historical-archaeological and anthropological-archaeological research, in order to …

Abstract· In 2013, the University of Florence and the State University of Yerevan started a
joint archaeological and territorial research project in Vayots Dzor (Armenia), in order to …

The Italian archaeological mission of the University of Florence,'Medieval Petra', celebrated,
in 2016, 30 years of uninterrupted activity in Jordan; starting with the first archaeological …

The aim of this paper is to describe a specific medieval context of Shawbak Castle, focusing
on the changes in material culture between the 12th and 15th centuries. This paper presents …

Abstract The Problem: Since the eighteenth century, many biblical scholars and historians
have seriously questioned the historical reliability of the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles for two …

This paper discusses the potential of an interdisciplinary approach toward the study of the
early Ottoman period with reference to Ḥisbān, today a village subordinate to Mādabā …

Presentazione dei risultati delle ricerche di Archeologia Leggera condotte tra 1997 e 2016
sui sistemi di accesso e di difesa passiva dei tre siti incastellati della regione di Petra …