Primary Site name: UMM HAMAD EL-SHARQI
Other Site Names: JADIS: 2017007
Governorate: BALQA Sub-governorate: Dair Alla
MEGA Number: 9487
Site Map:
Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.59377 32.15169, 35.59377 32.15181, 35.59392 32.15181, 35.59392 32.15169, 35.59377 32.15169
Total Area (m²): 198.8; Perimeter (m): 56.4
Buffer Zone (m): 0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
9018 (Chalcolithic, Unspecified); 9019 (Early Bronze I); 9020 (Early Bronze II); 9022 (Early Bronze III); 9023 (Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)); 9024 (Early Bronze, Unspecified); 9025 (Middle Bronze Iia); 9027 (Middle Bronze, Unspecified); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9046 (Roman, Unspecified); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9055 (Islamic, Unspecified); 9058 (Ottoman, Late); 9060 (Modern (1915-1950))
DoA Office Responsible:
Salt 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
Last Modified On
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 20 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
MEGA NumberElement TypePeriod(s) Recorded for Site Element:
41279408 Cemetery
9058 Ottoman, Late
41280901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9027 Middle Bronze, Unspecified
41281901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9060 Modern (1915-1950)
41282902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)
9025 Middle Bronze Iia
41283901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9032 Iron Age IIa-b
41284901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9046 Roman, Unspecified
41285901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9031 Iron Age I
41286514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)
9020 Early Bronze II
41287901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9022 Early Bronze III
41288901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
41289902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)
9018 Chalcolithic, Unspecified
41290901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9019 Early Bronze I
41291901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9020 Early Bronze II
41292901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9024 Early Bronze, Unspecified
41293514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)
9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
41294901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
41295514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)
9022 Early Bronze III
41296514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)
9019 Early Bronze I
41297901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9055 Islamic, Unspecified
41298513 Settlement, Fortified
9032 Iron Age IIa-b
Site References:
Primary AuthorDateTitle
BETTS A.V.G.1984Chipped Stone Tools
DE CONTENSON H.1964The 1953 Survey in the Yarmuk and Jordan Valleys
GLUECK N.1943Three Israelite Towns in the Jordan Valley : Zarethan,Succoth,Zaphon
GLUECK N.1945A Chalcolithic Settlement in the Jordan Valley
HELMS S.W.1984Excavations at Tell Umm Hammad esh-Sharqiya in the Jordan Valley1982
HELMS S.W.1985Ibn el-Ghazzi : water storage system ? = BETTS ed.,
MELLAART J.1962Preliminary Report of the Archaeological Survey in the Yarmuk and Jordan Valley for the Point Four Irrigation Scheme
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