| ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERIODS | SOMETIMES KNOWN AS | APPROX. PERIOD | |
| Islamic AD 636 --> | Islamic | AD 636 - | |
| Byzantine AD 324-636 | Byzantine | AD 324 - 636 | |
| Roman 37 BC-AD 324 | Roman III
Roman II Roman I |
Herodian | AD 180 - 324
AD 70 - 180 37 BC - AD 70 |
| Hellenistic 330-37 BC | Hellenistic II
Hellenistic I |
Hasmonaean / Maccabean | 152 - 37 BC
330 - 152 BC |
| Iron Age 1200-330 BC
sometimes known as Israelite Period |
Babylonian / Persian
Iron Age III b Iron Age III a Iron Age II b Iron Age II a Iron Age I b Iron Age (= IA) I a |
Late Iron (- LI) / Persian
Middle Iron (= MI)
Early Iron / Israelite (=EI) |
587 - 330 BC
720 - 587 BC 800 - 720 BC 900 - 800 BC 1000-900 BC 1150-1000BC 1200-1150BC |
| Bronze Age 3150-1200 BC
sometimes known as Canaanite Period |
Late Bronze II b
Late Bronze II a Late Bronze (= LBA) I Middle Bronze II c Millde Bronze II b Middle Bronze II a Middle Bronze (= MBA) I Early Bronze IV Early Bronze III Early Bronze II Early Bronze (=EBA) I |
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- (Late Canaanite (=LC)) (Middle Canaanite (=MC))
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1300-1200 BC
1400-1300 BC 1550-1400 BC 1600-1550 BC 1750-1600 BC 1950-1750 BC 2200-1950 BC 2350-2200 BC 2650-2350 BC 2850-2650 BC 3150-2850 BC |
| Chalcolithic 4000-3150 BC | Chalcolithic | Ghassulian | 4000-3150 BC |
| Stone Age --> 4000 BC | Neolithic (Pottery)
Neolithic (Pre-Pottery) Mesolithic Palaeolithic |
New Stone Age Middle Stone Age / Natufian Old Stone Age |
5000-4000 BC
7500-5000 BC 10,000-7500 BC -10,000 BC |