Tall el-Hammam

Tall el-Hammam
Shown within Jordan
Location Jordan
Region Amman Governorate
Coordinates 31°50′21″N 35°40′19″E / 31.839125°N 35.672028°E / 31.839125; 35.672028
History
Cultures Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze Age


Tall el-Hammam is a archaeological site in Jordan.


History

The site was occupied in the early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Iron Age but was like most sites in the region, vacant in the Late Bronze Age.

Archaeology

The site is around 36 hectares and was walled. In 1990 K Prag conducted some soundings. [1] Since 2005, the site has been excavated by a joint project of the Trinity Southwest University and the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ K. Prag, Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Tell Iktanu and Tell al-Hammam, Jordan, Levant, vol. 23, pp. 55-66, 1991
  2. ↑ Steven Collins, Khalil Hamdan, and Gary A. Byers, Tall al-Ḥammām : preliminary report on four seasons of excavation (2006-2009), Annual of the Department of Antiquities, vol. 53, pP. 385-414, 2009
  3. ↑ Collins, S., and H. al-Jarrah,"Tall al-Hammam season six, 2011: excavation, survey, interpretations and insights.", Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, vol. 55, pp. 581-606, 2011
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