Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

4/1/1975 - 12/31/1976

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$20,255.00 (approved)
$20,255.00 (awarded)


Early Bronze Age Life Patterns in the Southeast Plain of the Dead Sea, Jordon

FAIN: RO-12479-75

Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (Philadelphia, PA 19106-2426)
Walter Rast (Project Director: April 1975 to present)
Reuben Bullard (Co Project Director: April 1975 to December 1976)

To systematically survey 5 interrelated Early Bronze Age town sites of the southeast plain of the Dead Sea. The basic objective is to collect reliable archaeological data for understanding the interaction of environmental, economic, technological and population determinants for the life and settlement patterns of this region during the 3rd mill. B.C.