Chalcolithic Period (periodo calcolitico): ca. 4300 – 3300 a.C.
Bronze Age (età di Bronzo): ca. 3300 – 1200 / 1150 a.C.
Early Bronze [EB] (Antico Bronzo): ca. 3300 – 2300 a.C.
EB I: ca. 3300 – 3050 a.C.
EB II-III: ca. 3050 – 2300 a.C.
Intermediate Bronze Age [EB IV / MB I] ca. 2300 – 2000 a.C.
Middle Bronze [MB] (Medio Bronzo): ca. 2000 – 1550 a.C. [in realtà MB II]
MB IIA: ca. 2000 – 1750 a.C.
MB IIB: ca. 1750 – 1650 a.C.
MB IIC: ca. 1650 – 1550 a.C.
Late Bronze [LB] (Tardo Bronzo): ca. 1550 – 1200 / 1150 a.C.
LB I: ca. 1550 – 1400 a.C.
LB II: ca. 1400 – 1200 / 1150 a.C.
Iron Age (periodo di Ferro): ca. 1200 / 1150 – 586 a.C.
Iron I: ca. 1200 – 1000 a.C. [Finkelstein: 1150 – 900 a.C.]
Iron II: 1000 – 586 a.C. [Finkelstein: 900 – 586 a.C.]
Babylonian Period (periodo babilonese): 586 – 538 a.C.
Persian Period (periodo persiano): 538 – 332 a.C.
Hellenistic Period (periodo ellenistico): 332 – 37 a.C.
Roman Period (periodo romano): 37 a.C – 324 d.C.
Byzantine Period (periodo bizantino): 324 – 640 d.C.