Basta (Arabic: بسطة) is a pre-historic archaeological site and village in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Petra.

[2] Like the nearby site of Ba'ja, Basta was built in c. 7000 BC and belongs to the PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) period.

[3] Basta is one of the earliest known places to have a settled population who grew crops and domesticated livestock.

They used limestone to build their homes, as this can be known by the height of the walls in some places and the stone partitions whose floors were made with wood.

[7] In their highest point, Basta became a regional center of trade and "industrial" production of handmade tools.