Dolmen and Tower Tombs (3600 - 2000 BC)

In the proto-historic period, the territory of contemporary Jordan was covered with megalithic tombs of two types that correspond to different livelihoods, associated with more or less arid environments. Thus, sedentary settlements developed dolmen necropolises, while the steppe was covered with tower tombs. Figure II.15 — Tower Tombs and Dolmens in Ancient Bronze Time. In Jordan, the construction of megalithic tombs began in the early 4th millennium BC and faded at the turn of the 2nd mille..