I’ve started a new blog on the excavations being carried out this summer at Tall Jalul. I will be updating the blog as will the directors of the dig, Randall Younker and Constance Gane, field supervisors, and student volunteers. In the weeks leading up to the dig more content will be added including pictures and [...]
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Jalul Dig Blog
Posted in Jordan archaeology, tagged Jalul on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Posted in Jordan archaeology, dissertation on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apologies for the (almost) two month gap in posting. I have been quite busy with a new baby, finishing the dissertation proposal (which I defend on Friday), finishing my final class as a student ever (!), and preparing for our summer dig at Tall Jalul (I am undergrad field school coordinator, as well as in [...]
Random Day at ASOR
Posted in Israel archaeology, Jordan archaeology, tagged ASOR annual meeting, Boston on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you unable to attend the annual meetings or who wonder what they are like I thought I would post a typical day from Boston. This day was the longest for me and should help explain why I couldn’t post more during the meetings.
5:15 AM – Wake up, get ready, and eat breakfast. [...]
Late Bronze I at Safut
Posted in Jordan archaeology, dissertation, tagged Safut, pottery, Late Bronze, transjordan archaeology, cypriot on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This period is, so far, only represented by pottery but it is possible that the phasing in area B might allow for one dating to this time period. Sherds include painted bichrome ware typical of the LB as well as an imported Cypriot milk bowl likely White Slip I (this type can possibly date to [...]
Middle Bronze at Safut
Posted in Jordan archaeology, dissertation, tagged glacis, Jordan, Middle Bronze, pottery, Safut, transjordan on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Safut is known for having a MB glacis, based on a report by Ma’ayeh after observing a cut made into the tell by bulldozers when expanding the highway from Amman to Jerash (1960 AJDA). Wimmer attempted to address this question by opening two squares (D1 & 2, see site map in previous post) above [...]
Arial View of Safut
Posted in Jordan archaeology, dissertation, tagged Safut on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can clearly see that the Amman-Jerash highway cuts through the northwestern edge of tell. The Wadi Suweileh passes on the east side of the tell and joins with the Wadi Safut as it runs down into the Buqe’ah Valley.
Assyria vs. Persia (Agricultural Production)
Posted in Jordan archaeology, tagged agriculture, anthropology, Assyria, Babylon on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Apologies for the lack of scholarly updates, there has been a lull in the dissertation research. I’m still waiting for the material to be sent from Jordan (it should happen any day now) and the second week in June I will head out to NJ and get the material that will make up the majority [...]
Recovered Pictures
Posted in Jordan archaeology, Uncategorized, tagged Jordan, Petra, Umm al-Biyara on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unfortunately, when I was in Jordan by memory card malfunctioned on Umm al-Biyara, a mountain in Petra. I’ve managed to recover about 3/4 of the pictures, although only a couple from the summit.
Next to Qasr al-Bint there is a path leading to the trail up Umm al-Biyara (an Edomite stronghold in the 7th-6th cent. [...]
Closing the Squares
Posted in Jordan archaeology, tagged Jalul, Jordan on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The past few days, before and after the weekend, have been spent finishing digging. We’ve cleaned the squares, drawn sections and top plans, and taken pictures. Wednesday we head back to the States after a busy but productive dig season. In the Iron IIC/Persian building we found a three-footed bowl on the last day and [...]
