MEGA-Jordan Site Report

Primary Site name: HUSN

Other Site Names: تل الحصن, Tall Al-Husun, JADIS: 2321001

Governorate: IRBID Sub-governorate: Bany Obad

MEGA Number: 2681

Site Map:

Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.88282 32.49139, 35.88259 32.49188, 35.88235 32.49239, 35.88225 32.4926, 35.88202 32.49278, 35.88179 32.49286, 35.88148 32.49294, 35.88136 32.49296, 35.88061 32.49297, 35.88 32.49296, 35.87953 32.49291, 35.87906 32.49281, 35.87883 32.49274, 35.87852 32.49257, 35.87836 32.49244, 35.87819 32.49224, 35.8781 32.49197, 35.87801 32.49165, 35.87798 32.49131, 35.87796 32.49088, 35.878 32.49061, 35.87819 32.49009, 35.87837 32.48982, 35.8793 32.48915, 35.87963 32.48903, 35.88003 32.48898, 35.88036 32.48891, 35.88097 32.48898, 35.88137 32.48906, 35.88174 32.48924, 35.88212 32.48946, 35.88245 32.48972, 35.88269 32.48997, 35.88279 32.49016, 35.88287 32.49039, 35.88291 32.49072, 35.88289 32.49103, 35.88282 32.49139

Total Area (m²): 170475.2; Perimeter (m): 1478.7

Buffer Zone (m): 0

Period(s) Recorded for Site:

9019 (Early Bronze I); 9020 (Early Bronze II); 9022 (Early Bronze III); 9023 (Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)); 9027 (Middle Bronze, Unspecified); 9028 (Late Bronze I); 9029 (Late Bronze IIa-b); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9039 (Hellenistic, Unspecified); 9046 (Roman, Unspecified); 9048 (Byzantine, Late); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9050 (Islamic, Umayyad); 9055 (Islamic, Unspecified); 9060 (Modern (1915-1950)); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period)

DoA Office Responsible:

Irbid Antiquities office

Site Investigators:

Investigator(s): woroud samarah, DOA; osama hamori, doa

Investigation Date: None

Site Comments: [e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]

Site Significance:

Scientific Value	الموقع من اهم المواقع التعليمية في شمال المملكة حيث اجرت جامعة اليرموك/ كلية الاثار والانثروبولوجيا عدة تنقيبات اثرية في الموقع لغايات تدريب الطلبة وعلى مدار عدة سنوات .
Historical Value	وجود فترات تاريخية متعددة في الموقع يعطي الموقع قيمة تاريخية
Aesthetic Value
Social Value	يستخدم الموقع في الفترة الحالية لاغراض الدفن للسكان المحليين وهو ما يجعل هنالك ارتباطا وثيقا بين الموقع والسكان المحليين
Spiritual Value

Surveys:

Record History:

Last Modified By Woroud Samarah

Last Modified On December 5, 2010

Record Created By ORIGINAL IMPORT

Record Created On July 1, 2010

Record Review Status:

Status: Under Review

Reviewer: None

Review Date: None

Comments:

The following 39 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:

MEGA Number	Element Type	Period(s) Recorded for Site Element:
14675	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14676	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9027 Middle Bronze, Unspecified
14677	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9031 Iron Age I
14678	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified
14679	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9033 Iron Age IIc
14680	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9055 Islamic, Unspecified
14681	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14682	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9028 Late Bronze I
14683	405 Burial, in Natural Cave	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
14684	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified
14685	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9029 Late Bronze IIa-b
14686	513 Settlement, Fortified	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14687	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9029 Late Bronze IIa-b
14688	825 Statue/Sculpture/Bas-Relief	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14689	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9031 Iron Age I
14690	408 Cemetery	9060 Modern (1915-1950)
14691	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
14692	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9022 Early Bronze III
14693	810 Isolated Structure/House	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14694	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
14695	414 Sarcophagus/Stone Anthropode Coffin	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14696	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9046 Roman, Unspecified
14697	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9022 Early Bronze III
14698	514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
14699	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9019 Early Bronze I
14700	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14701	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9048 Byzantine, Late
14702	505 Cave/Shelter	9019 Early Bronze I
14703	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9033 Iron Age IIc
14704	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9020 Early Bronze II
14705	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9019 Early Bronze I
14706	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9046 Roman, Unspecified
14707	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9020 Early Bronze II
14708	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
14709	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9027 Middle Bronze, Unspecified
14710	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9055 Islamic, Unspecified
14711	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14712	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9048 Byzantine, Late
14713	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9028 Late Bronze I

Site References:

Primary Author	Date	Title
ABEL F.-M.	1938	Geographie de la Palestine. II: Geographie politique. Les villes, Paris.
ALBRIGHT W.F.	1929	New Israelite and Pre-Israelite Sites : The Spring Trip of 1929(Some Other Bronze and Iron Age Sites in Eastern Palestine)
AMIRAN R.	1960	The Pottery of the Middle Bronze Age I in Palestine
GLUECK N.	1943	Ramoth-Gilead
GLUECK N.	1951	Explorations in Eastern Palestine IV , New Haven. (AASOR 25-28 =EEP4)
GLUECK N.	1942	Further Explorations in Eastern Palestine
GLUECK N.	1939	Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3)
HARDING G.L.	1948	Recent Discoveries in Trans-Jordan
HARDING G.L. & ISSERLIN B.	1953	An Early Bronze Age Cave at El Husn = HARDING ed.,
KENYON K.M.	1966	Amorites and Canaanites , London.
KOCHAVI M.	1976	El-Husn
STEUERNAGEL D.C.	1926	Der 'Adschlun. Nach den Aufzeichnungen von Dr. G.Schumacher

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