**4. Classification of the Iron Age Cult Sites of Transjordan**

Zevit has drafted a consistent terminology for the various kinds of cultic sites (Zevit 2001, pp. 123–24):


Zevit's research shows that the cult places of Ancient Israel are very varied. There were small cult rooms and corners in towns and outside the gates, temples and large temple complexes inside and outside the towns, open-air sanctuaries and cult caves. No one building is identical to another one. The same seems to apply to Transjordan—see Table 1.

**Table 1.** Presents the Iron Age cult places excavated in Transjordan discussed above and the rituals that might have taken place in them.


Iron Age cult places excavated in Jordan.
