[2] A group of scholars argue that this village, inside its walled perimeter, had contributed greatly to the cultivation and domestication of the land, or "sedentarization.

"[3] This alliance with the Balgawis has since faded, and the estate is now the home of a Jordanian heritage center, gift shop, photography studio, and restaurant called Kan Zaman (كان زمان in Arabic), meaning "once, long ago."

Like all towns and cities in the Levant, a descendant of the original family, Raouf Abujaber, explains that the estate of Al Yadudah had over 300 wells and numerous cisterns that formed an integral part of the region's natural resource economy and economic interdependence.

[5] Daviau and Battenfield mention that near the modern town of Al Yadudah is the Madaba Plains Project, which began in 1994.

The nearby town of Tall al-'Umayri had been excavated and studied for changes in its food system between sedentary and nomadic economies.