Primary Site name: DEIR
Other Site Names: الدير, JADIS: 2107042
Governorate: KARAK Sub-governorate: Karak
MEGA Number: 4357
Site Map:
Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.68053 31.24981, 35.67913 31.25066, 35.67904 31.25089, 35.67943 31.25106, 35.68016 31.25151, 35.68097 31.25143, 35.68147 31.2513, 35.68196 31.25108, 35.68192 31.25023, 35.68159 31.24934, 35.68137 31.2492, 35.68106 31.24926, 35.68053 31.24981
Total Area (m²): 43006.5; Perimeter (m): 830.6
Buffer Zone (m): 20
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
9018 (Chalcolithic, Unspecified); 9019 (Early Bronze I); 9029 (Late Bronze IIa-b); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9038 (Hellenistic, Late); 9043 (Nabataean, Unspecified); 9044 (Roman, Early); 9045 (Roman, Late); 9047 (Byzantine, Early); 9048 (Byzantine, Late); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9050 (Islamic, Umayyad); 9053 (Islamic, Ayyubid); 9054 (Islamic, Mamluk); 9059 (Ottoman, Unspecified); 9060 (Modern (1915-1950)); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period)
DoA Office Responsible:
Karak Antiquities Office
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s): JADIS IMPORT, DOA; None
Investigation Date: None
Site Comments: [e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]
Site Significance:
Scientific Value
Historical Value
Aesthetic Value
Social Value
Spiritual Value
Surveys:
Record History:
Last Modified By Samar Habahbeh
Last Modified On May 14, 2014
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 23 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
MEGA NumberElement TypePeriod(s) Recorded for Site Element:
21044901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9029 Late Bronze IIa-b
21045901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
21046901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9060 Modern (1915-1950)
21047901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
21048901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9050 Islamic, Umayyad
21049901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9032 Iron Age IIa-b
21050901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9018 Chalcolithic, Unspecified
21051901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9054 Islamic, Mamluk
21052901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9031 Iron Age I
21053901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9047 Byzantine, Early
21054206 Press, Wine
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
21055899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)
9054 Islamic, Mamluk
21056901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9048 Byzantine, Late
21057901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9045 Roman, Late
21058838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket)
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
21059901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
21060901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9019 Early Bronze I
21061901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9044 Roman, Early
21062901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9033 Iron Age IIc
21063513 Settlement, Fortified
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
21064901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9059 Ottoman, Unspecified
21065901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
21066901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9038 Hellenistic, Late
Site References:
Primary AuthorDateTitle
CANOVA R.1954Iscrizioni e monumenti protocristiani del paese di Moab , Vatican.
MUSIL A.1908Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.
SEETZEN U.J.1859Reisen durch Syrien, Palastina, Phonicien, die Transjordan-Lander, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten , Berlin.
WORSCHECH U.1985Northwest Ard el-Kerak 1983 and 1984. A preliminary Report , Munchen.
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