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Ancient Moabite Fort Provides Insight Into History of Weaving
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&Article_id=3968
From The Lebanon Daily Star, a recent discovery of a cache of clay loom weights at Khirbat al-Mudaybi in Central Jordan is shedding new light on ancient textile crafts and industries.
Ancient Iron Smelting
Iron smelting history, technology, ethnography and archaeology; case study of Tell Hammeh (az-Zarqa).
Ain Ghazal Neolithic statues
http://www.asia.si.edu/jordan/html/jordan.htm
Information on the discovery, preservation, interpretation and display of the statues at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Abila of the Decapolis Archaeological Project
Includes a history of the site, maps, photos, contact details and information for volunteers.