When Western explorers first encountered dolmens in the Levant,
they thought they had discovered the origins of a megalithic
phenomenon that spread as far as the Atlantic coast. Although
European dolmens are now considered an unrelated tradition, many
researchers continue to approach dolmens in the Levant as part of a
trans-regional phenomenon that spanned the Taurus mountains to the
Arabian peninsula. By tightly defining the term 'dolmen' itself,
this book brings these mysterious monuments into sharper focus.
Drawing on historical, archaeological and geological sources, it is
shown that dolmens in the Levant mostly concentrate in the eastern
escarpment of the Jordan Rift Valley, and in the Galilean hills.
They cluster near proto-urban settlements of the Early Bronze I
period (3700-3000 BCE) in particular geological zones suitable for
the extraction of megalithic slabs. Rather than approaching dolmens
as a regional phenomenon, this book considers dolmens as part of a
local burial tradition whose tomb forms varied depending on
geological constraints. Dolmens in the Levant is essential for
anyone interested in the rise of civilisations in the ancient
Middle East, and particularly those who have wondered at the
origins of these enigmatic burial monuments that dominate the
landscape.
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