The EB IV/Intermediate Bronze Age at Batrawy and Jericho: Post-urban vs. Proto-urban

Two major projects carried on in the last decades by Sapienza University of Rome, the Palestinian MOTADACH, and the Jordanian DoA, respectively at Tall Sultan/Jericho in Palestine and Khirbat Batrawy in north-central]ordan yielded fresh data about the EB IV /Intermediate Bronze Age which may further our understanding (or interpretation) of such post/pre-urban periods in the history of southern Levant. In both cases, the excavations have exposed occupation layers and have obtained stratigraphic sequences to be included into the regional scenario. Both]ericho and Batrawy in fact were re-settled after a major destruction marking the end of the EB III city and occupied for a time span of about a century or more. Their almost parallel archaeo-narratives offer a cue for further reflections about EB IV. There has already been such a plea, but I hope fresh data and analyses will provide extra insights. To present them to a distinguished scholar, Suzanne Richard, a friend and an esteemed colleague, is an honour and a pleasure.