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» Abila of the Decapolis Archaeological Project - Includes a history of the site, maps, photos, contact details and information for volunteers.
» Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports - Presents most of the final excavation report "Symbols at Ain Ghazal" examining symbolic behaviour at the site.
» Ain Ghazal Neolithic statues - Information on the discovery, preservation, interpretation and display of the statues at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
» Ain Ghazal statue project - The conservation of the Neolithic plaster statues
» Air Photographic Archive for Jordan - Provides information on what sort of photographs are available and how they can be obtained.
» Ancient Iron Smelting - Iron smelting history, technology, ethnography and archaeology; case study of Tell Hammeh (az-Zarqa).
» Archaeology at the Dawn of History: The Khirbet Iskander Collection - An introduction for K-12 students in northwest Pennsylvania to the world of Near Eastern Archaeology by the use is Khirbet Iskander in Jordan.
» Jabal Hamrat Fidan Project - An examination of the role of early metallurgy in social change from the Neolithic to the Iron Age in the Wadi Faynan area. Includes project aims, pictures, publications and a bibliography.
» Jordan archaeology - Provides interactive maps of archaeological sites in Jordan and downloadable GIS data, satelite imagery and a rank size program. Also includes information on the Moab Archaeological Resource survey, Tel Madaba and on Dr Stephen Savage.
» Khirbet Lehun - Excavation of a multi-period site in central Jordan. Includes excavation results, pictures and a bibliography.
» Khirbet edh-Dharih Archaeological Project - Illustrated summary of the results of archaeological excavations at this Nabataean site in Southern Jordan, led by Zeidoun Al-Muheisen and Francois Villeneuve.
» Landscape Archaeology in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan - The University of Exeter reports on a project which has recorded a complex field system of probable Nabatean/Roman date and over one thousand archaeological sites.
» Levantine archaeobotany - Bibliography of archaeobotanical reports from Levantine sites, including Jordanian sites.
» Madaba Plains Project - A multi-disciplinary archaeological project in central Jordan. Includes the research objectives, photos, a map and links.
» Nabataea - The ancient Nabataean people built the spectacular city of Petra, as well as many other cities in Arabia.
» Pella Excavation Project - Information on the excavations, including reports, photographs and a bibliography.
» Prehistoric Row Erupts Over Hunter-gatherer Riddle - From the Age, Australian archaeologists have sparked an academic row by claiming to have solved the riddle of a missing 1,000 years in human prehistory.
» Recent fieldwork - Summary of recent fieldwork at the Byzantine and Islamic sites of Yasileh, Hayyan al-Mushref and Khirbet el-Bediye in northern Jordan.
» Tafila-Busayra Archaeological Survey - Survey of part of southern Jordan. Contains results, maps, photographs and bibliography.
» Tell Nimrin - Includes a virtual tour of the site, information on the major finds, the primary data and the main published papers.
» Tell Ya'amun 2001 Excavations - Excavations focused on the Byzantine Church near the center of the tell, Bronze Age settlement on the northeast edge, and the Bronze age tombs across the wadi to the west of the tell.
» The Aqaba Project - Articles and the annual reports for this investigation of the Islamic archaeology of Aqaba.
» The Swedish Jordan Expedition 1989-1997 - A team from the University of Goteborg uncovered substantial Bronze and Iron Age urban remains at Tell Abu al-Kharaz. Report by Peter M. Fischer with references.
» Umm el-Jimal - Byzantine site in northeast Jordan. Publications, images, maps, and esseys.
» University of Sydney Expedition to the Hauran - A long-term project to examine the ebb and flow of settlement in the agriculturally marginal areas on the edge of the Jordanian steppe.
» Virtual Karak Resources Project - A multidisciplinary study of the Karak district. Includes information on the archaeology, history, environment and culture of the area. Also has a photo gallery and maps.
» Wadi Feinan - Wadi Feinan in the Fourth and Third Millennia BC, Wadi Feinan, Southern Jordan. British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, and the Jordan Department of Antiquities.
» Wadi Ziqlab Project - Archaeological research on Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age settlements in northwestern Jordan.
» Wadi ath-Thamad - Summary information on a regional survey of sites in central Jordan.