Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields
PPNA to Bronze Age (9600–1500 BCE)·Natufian / PPN / Canaanite·🇵🇸 Jericho Oasis, Palestine
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About Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields
Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields in Jericho Oasis, Palestine is a PPNA to Bronze Age (9600–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian / PPN / Canaanite. Fields and spring terraces extending from Jericho tell with PPNA tower periphery. Kenyon's peripheral fields with PPN walls and later Hyksos glacis extension.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Jericho Oasis
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic sequence
- 02Biblical identification debated
Theories
- 01Border fortress model
- 02Trade route control
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. 9600 BCE
- Period
- PPNA to Bronze Age (9600–1500 BCE)
- Culture
- Natufian / PPN / Canaanite
- Purpose
- Fields and spring terraces extending from Jericho tell with PPNA tower periphery
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 9600 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
31.8710° N · 35.4440° E · -250 m · 4 mapped features
- Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields — Summit CitadelcitadelCitadel or summit fort on tell31.8711° N · 35.4441° E
- Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields — Glacis and Wall CircuitglacisOuter fortification glacis31.8708° N · 35.4441° E
- Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields — Lower Town / Cemeterylower townExtension settlement or cemetery31.8714° N · 35.4438° E
- Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields — Reservoir / CisterncisternWater storage feature31.8706° N · 35.4439° E
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