Abstract
Excavations conducted at the site of 'Ain Waida ', on the north side of the Wadi Dhra ', Jordan, have exposed the remains of a Pottery Neolithic village. Test excavations reveal at least two phases of occupation at 'Ain Waida ', with good preservation of extensive architectural, lithic, and ceramic materials. The earliest occupation of the site has been dated by radiocarbon to 6,100 BP uncalibrated (5,240-4,940 cal. ВС), in the Late Pottery Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic period. The remains of 10-15 rectangular stone buildings visible on the surface, and extensive cultural deposits observable in exposed sections, indicate that this was a relatively large hamlet. Taken in combination with the Jericho IX Neolithic remains identified at Dhra ' directly across on the south side of the Wadi Dhra ', this settlement provides new evidence for occupational continuity of the southeastern Dead Sea plain through multiple phases of the Pottery Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
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