Site types
Smeltig site and smelting site

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
030.707° N, 035.452° E
Coordinates (DMS)
030° 42' 00" E, 035° 27' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Jordan (JO)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (15)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
HD-10990 Slag heap, wadi edge NA NA NA 2886±56 BP 3173–2865 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-10990 WAJ540, Slag heap, depth 0.3 m NA NA NA 2886±56 BP 3173–2865 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-16351 WAJ540, Slag heap KJ24 NA NA NA 2915±30 BP 3156–2964 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-16530 base of slag heap NA NA NA 2839±22 BP 2997–2877 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-16530 WAJ540, Slag heap KJ27, base at 0.75 m deep NA NA NA 2839±22 BP 2997–2877 cal BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19033 Slag Mound charcoal Tamarix NA 2864±28 BP 3069–2881 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-16351 NA NA NA NA 2915±30 BP 3156–2964 cal BP Hauptmann 1989; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19034 NA charcoal Retama raetam NA 2898±28 BP 3147–2956 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19035 NA seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2799±26 BP 2963–2847 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19036 NA charcoal Tamarix NA 2803±26 BP 2962–2850 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19037 NA seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2902±27 BP 3147–2959 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19038 NA seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2880±26 BP 3135–2889 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19039 NA charcoal NA NA 2884±27 BP 3139–2935 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19087 NA charcoal NA NA 2797±26 BP 2961–2801 cal BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19130 NA seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2851±36 BP 3069–2870 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},
  langid = {american},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}
}
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