Site type
Smelting site

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.627° N, 035.494° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 37' 00" E, 035° 29' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Jordan (JO)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (34)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Beta-110840 Barrage section,2.40 m depth NA NA NA 2630±50 BP 2857–2539 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-110841 Barrage section, 2.60 m depth NA NA NA 2630±50 BP 2857–2539 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-201410 Slag heap NA NA NA 2790±40 BP 2993–2780 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203399 Barrage section, 1.74-1.76 m NA NA NA 1610±40 BP 1549–1389 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203400 Barrage section, 2.04-2.06 m deep NA NA NA 1870±40 BP 1880–1705 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203401 Barrage section, 2.24-2.26 m NA NA NA 1800±40 BP 1821–1598 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203402 Barrage section, slag deposit at c. 2.8 m depth NA NA NA 3390±40 BP 3815–3491 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203406 Slag heap 7 = WF455; Slag heap NA NA NA 2890±40 BP 3157–2884 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203407 Slag heap 7 = WF455; Slag heap NA NA NA 2900±40 BP 3165–2889 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203408 Slag heap 7 = WF455; Slag heap NA NA NA 2790±40 BP 2993–2780 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203409 Slag heap 7 = WF455; Slag heap NA NA NA 2830±40 BP 3064–2850 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203410 Slag heap 7 = WF455 NA NA NA 2790±40 BP 2993–2780 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203411 Slag heap 7 = WF455; Slag heap NA NA NA 2680±40 BP 2851–2745 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203413 Base layer of slag heap 7 NA NA NA 5690±40 BP 6621–6395 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Beta-203414 Base layer of slag heap 7 NA NA NA 5290±40 BP 6190–5941 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-10577 Slag heap 9 (depth 0.5 m) NA NA NA 4140±109 BP 4959–4304 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-10579 Slag heap 16 (depth 0.3 m) NA NA NA 3923±61 BP 4521–4155 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-10580 Slag heap NA NA NA 2380±45 BP 2698–2331 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-10580 Slag heap 5, S furnace, locus 4 NA NA NA 2380±45 BP 2698–2331 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-10581 Slag heap/storaage jar charcoal NA NA 2726±102 BP 3154–2518 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references 

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  title = {The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP},
  shorttitle = {The NERD Dataset},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen},
  date = {2022-02-22},
  volume = {10},
  number = {0},
  pages = {2},
  publisher = {Ubiquity Press},
  issn = {2049-1565},
  doi = {10.5334/joad.90},
  url = {https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP). It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape, Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with newly published radiocarbon dates.},
  issue = {0},
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