Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇯🇴 Jordan Region 4, Jordan
About
About Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4
Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 in Jordan Region 4, Jordan is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Bronze Age; Culture: Regional culture Mideast-Tell; Field status: excavated; Materials: limestone, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 CE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1972
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4
On the ground
Structures & features
8.3208° S · 82.5824° E · 1187 m · 4 mapped features
- Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — subsidiary complex8.3196° S · 82.5818° E
- Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — Northern Templetempletemple at Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — hydraulic feature8.3199° S · 82.5824° E
- Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — Southern Gategategate at Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — outlier feature8.3224° S · 82.5816° E
- Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — Eastern Palacepalacepalace at Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 — hydraulic feature8.3194° S · 82.5819° E