Dolmens in the Levant

By tightly defining the term dolmen itself, this book brings these mysterious monuments into sharper focus. Drawing on historical, archaeological and geological sources, it shows that the dolmens mostly concentrate in the eastern escarpment of the Jordan Rift Valley and in the Galilean hills and near proto-urban settlements of the Early Bronze I period. 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.