The Protohistoric site of Tel Tsaf, in the Jordan Valley, has long been thought as a promising site for studying pre-Ghassulian phenomena. Indeed with its extensive size of approximately 5 hectares, its deep stratigraphic sequence and its notable preservation of architecture, organic materials and other types of material culture, Tel Tsaf is one of the key sites for studying the Neolithic-Chalcolithic transition in the southern Levant. 
The excavations are directed by Prof. Danny Rosenberg of The Zinman Institute of Archaeology and Dr. Florian Klimscha of the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin.

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