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Country Jordan
Region Ma’an

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Credits

The Survey Database is the result of a collaboration between: Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome (KNIR) and International Association of Classical Archaeology (AIAC)

Summary

Project DescriptionThis project's aim is to discover, record, and interpret archaeological sites within the Ayl to Ras an-Naqb region (website)

Project Dates

1995 -

Survey Method

Approach
Collection Unit
- Transect
Location Technique
- GPS Differentially Corrected
- GIS

Research Focus

Artifacts
- Ceramics
- Lithics
Paleoecology
- Geomorphology
- Hydrology

Other Comments

Primary QuestionsTo study settlement patterns from the Lower Paleolithic to the Late Islamic periods, study Pleistocene lakes, and to understand the economic and political factors which may have influenced the selection of settlement areas, in part by comparison to other surveys in the area of ancient Edom (website).

Research Institution

Director

Director

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