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AMMAN The research in Wadi Ziqlab, located in Northern Jordan, has focused on the distribution and character of small Late Neolithic sites dating to the 6th millennium BC. According to the archaeologists who studied the area, their hypothesis has been that the settlement system for much of this period may have combined isolated farmsteads with small villages and hamlets,
AMMAN Excavations at the Tell Rakan archaeological site are contributing to a better understanding of Neolithic settlements in northern Jordan, according to Wadi Ziqlab Project Director Ted Banning.Tell Rakan forms part of the Wadi Ziqlab Project, which began excavating a large, stratified site west of the ‘Ain Jahjah spring near Irbid in 1999, according to Banning.