Table 2 Archaeological Periods
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic A | 8500-7500 B.C.E. |
| Pre-Pottery Neolithic B | 7500-6000 B.C.E. |
| Pottery Neolithic A | 6000-5000 B.C.E. |
| Pottery Neolithic B | 5000-4300 B.C.E. |
| Chalcolithic | 4300-3300 B.C.E. |
| Early Bronze I | 3300-3050 B.C.E. |
| Early Bronze II-III | 3050-2300 B.C.E. |
| Early Bronze IV/Middle Bronze I | 2300-2000 B.C.E. |
| Middle Bronze IIA | 2000-1800/1750 B.C.E. |
| Middle Bronze IIB-C | 1800/1750-1550 B.C.E. |
| Late Bronze I | 1550-1400 B.C.E. |
| Late Bronze IIA-B | 1400-1200 B.C.E. |
| Iron IA | 1200-1150 B.C.E. |
| Iron IB | 1150-1000 B.C.E. |
| Iron IIA | 1000-925 B.C.E. |
| Iron IIB | 925-720 B.C.E. |
| Iron IIC | 720-586 B.C.E. |
*From Mazar (1990) page 30.
