MEGA-Jordan Site Report

Primary Site name: ISKANDER

Other Site Names: JADIS: 2210001, ISKANDAR

Governorate: MADABA Sub-governorate: Mlaih

MEGA Number: 11150

Site Map:

Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.77141 31.55574, 35.77141 31.55586, 35.77156 31.55586, 35.77156 31.55574, 35.77141 31.55574

Total Area (m²): 198.8; Perimeter (m): 56.4

Buffer Zone (m): 0

Period(s) Recorded for Site:

9017 (Chalcolithic, Late); 9019 (Early Bronze I); 9020 (Early Bronze II); 9022 (Early Bronze III); 9023 (Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)); 9030 (Late Bronze, Unspecified); 9034 (Iron Age III (Persian)); 9046 (Roman, Unspecified); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9060 (Modern (1915-1950)); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period)

DoA Office Responsible:

Madaba 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 March 16, 2016

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 28 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:

MEGA Number	Element Type	Period(s) Recorded for Site Element:
49789	514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49790	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9017 Chalcolithic, Late
49791	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9030 Late Bronze, Unspecified
49792	418 Tomb, Rock-cut Shaft	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49793	515 Tower	9020 Early Bronze II
49794	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9020 Early Bronze II
49795	820 Public Building	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49796	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9019 Early Bronze I
49797	415 Tomb, Cist	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49798	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9022 Early Bronze III
49799	408 Cemetery	9019 Early Bronze I
49800	417 Tomb, Rock-cut with Simple Entrance or Dromos	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49801	307 Stone Circle	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
49802	411 Grave	9060 Modern (1915-1950)
49803	515 Tower	9022 Early Bronze III
49804	830 Tabun	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49805	499 Unspecified/Unknown Funerary	9019 Early Bronze I
49806	829 Storage Facility/Silo	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49807	830 Tabun	9034 Iron Age III (Persian)
49808	830 Tabun	9022 Early Bronze III
49809	302 Menhir/Standing Stone/ Cromlish	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
49810	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9046 Roman, Unspecified
49811	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9020 Early Bronze II
49812	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9034 Iron Age III (Persian)
49813	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
49814	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9022 Early Bronze III
49815	513 Settlement, Fortified	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49816	408 Cemetery	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)

Site References:

Primary Author	Date	Title
BRUENNOW R. & VON DOMASZEWSKI A.	1904	Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898 unternommenen Reisen und der Berichte fruherer Reisender, 3 vols. , Strassburg.
GLUECK N.	1939	Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3)
HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.	1984	eds., Klei, Bron van leven. Zevenduizend jaar pottenbakkerskunstin Jordanie , Brussel. (= Dokumenten van het oude Nabije Oosten3)
HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.	1984	eds., Argile, source de vie. Sept millenaires de ceramique en Jordanie , Bruxelles. (= Documents du Proche-Orient ancien 3)
MUSIL A.	1908	Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.
PARR P.J.	1960	Excavations at Khirbet Iskander
PARR P.J.	1956	A Cave at Arqub el Dhahr
PRAG K.	1974	The Intermediate Early Bronze - Middle Bronze Age : an Interpretation of the Evidence from Transjordan, Syria and Lebanon
RICHARD S.	1982	Report on the 1981 Season of Survey and Soundings at Khirbet Iskander
RICHARD S.	1983	Report on the 1982 Season of Excavations at Khirbet Iskander
SCHICK C.	1879	Journey into Moab, Made in April, 1877, in company with Baron von Munchhausen, the Imperial Germanic Consul

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