Tell es-Sa'idiyeh

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Coordinates: 32 ° 19 ′ 19 ″  N , 35 ° 33 ′ 36 ″  E

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The Tell es-Sa'idiyeh located in Jordan about 45 kilometers south of the Sea of Galilee on the border with Israel , east of the river Jordan in the plane. It was settled from the Early Bronze Age to the Persian Age, with a settlement gap between around 700 and 400 BC. The cemetery on the lower Tell belongs to the late Bronze Age (LBII). It overlays layers of settlement from the Early Bronze Age.

The remains of a roofed stone staircase on the north side of Tell, which led down to a spring, date from the early Iron Age . As charred plant remains show, wheat, barley, lentils, broad beans, chickpeas, grapes, figs, pomegranates and olives were consumed in the early Bronze Age. Pistachios and acorns were collected, as well as the fruits of the Syrian Christ thorn ( Ziziphus spina-christi ) and the hawthorn.

Excavations have been taking place since 1964 by the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of James Bennett Pritchard .

literature

  • James B. Pritchard : Reconnaissance in Jordan. In: Expedition. 1964, pp. 3-9. (English, full text (PDF; 1.7 MB) as digital copy)
  • James B. Pritchard: The Cemetery of Tell es-Saʿidyeh, Jordan (= University Museum Monographs 41). University Museum, Philadelphia 1980. ISBN 0-934718-32-6
  • James B. Pritchard: Tell es-Saʿidiyeh: Excavations on the Tell, 1964–1966 (= University Museum Monographs 60). University Museum, Philadelphia 1985. ISBN 0-934718-60-1
  • Jonathan N. Tubb: Tell es-Saʿidiyeh: Preliminary Report on the first three Seasons of renewed Excavation. In: Levant 20, 1988, pp. 23-88.
  • Jonathan N. Tubb: Preliminary Report on the Fourth Season of Excavations at Tell es-Saʿidiyeh in the Jordan Valley. In: Levant 22, 1990, pp. 21-42.
  • Jonathan N. Tubb, Peter G. Dorrell: Tell es-Saʿidiyeh: Interim Report on the Fifth (1990) Season of Excavations. In: Levant 23, 1991, pp. 67-86.
  • Jonathan N. Tubb et al .: Interim Report on the 9th season of excavations at Tell es-Saʿidiyeh. In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly 129, 1997, pp. 54-76.
  • Caroline R. Cartwright: Grapes or raisins? An early Bronze Age larder under the microscope. In: Antiquity 296, 2003, pp. 345-348.

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