**Margreet L. Steiner**

Independent Scholar, 2300 Leiden, The Netherlands; msteiner@freeler.nl

Received: 29 January 2019; Accepted: 20 February 2019; Published: 27 February 2019

**Abstract:** In the area east of the river Jordan, eight Iron Age structures identified as cultic have been excavated. This paper presents the evidence as published and discusses the relevance of the cultic identification of the structures.

**Keywords:** cult sites; Transjordan; Iron Age; Deir Alla; Pella; Damiyah; Ataruz; Mudayna Thamad; WT-200; Busayrah
