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 2886±56 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-10990 WAJ540, Slag heap, depth 0.3 m NA NA 2886±56 BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-16351 NA NA 2915±30 BP Hauptmann 1989; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-16351 WAJ540, Slag heap KJ24 NA NA 2915±30 BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
HD-16530 base of slag heap NA NA 2839±22 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
Hd-16530 WAJ540, Slag heap KJ27, base at 0.75 m deep NA NA 2839±22 BP Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19033 Slag Mound charcoal Tamarix NA 2864±28 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19034 charcoal Retama raetam NA 2898±28 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19035 seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2799±26 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19036 charcoal Tamarix NA 2803±26 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19037 seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2902±27 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19038 seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2880±26 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19039 charcoal NA NA 2884±27 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19087 charcoal NA NA 2797±26 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022
OxA-19130 seed (charred) Phoenix dactylifera NA 2851±36 BP Ben-Yosef et al. 2010 Palmisano et al. 2022

typological date Typological dates (0)

Classification Estimated age References

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Ben-Yosef et al. 2010,
  
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@misc{Hunt et al. 2007; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010,
  
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@misc{Hauptmann 1989; Ben-Yosef et al. 2010,
  
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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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