About stratigraphy, pottery and relative chronology. Some considerations for a refinement of the archaeological periodization of the Southern Levantine Early Bronze Age IV
There are several alternative schemes for phasing within the Early Bronze IV (EB IV) period in the southern Levant, traditionally dated to ca. 2300‒2000 B.C. Early research distinguished phases based on appreciable stylistic differences between sub-regional assemblages; later studies concentrated on sequences at individual sites rather than on a regional evaluation. The practice of dating a site’s assemblages and phases to the entire 300-year time span has also come into use, concealing diachronic changes and processes within the period.