Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇯🇴 Jordan Region 11, Jordan
About
About Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11
Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 in Jordan Region 11, Jordan is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Iron Age; Culture: Regional culture Mideast-Tell; Field status: ongoing; Materials: granite, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Elite residence
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1883
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11
On the ground
Structures & features
20.8542° S · 27.0810° E · 1474 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — primary structure20.8553° S · 27.0793° E
- Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — Temple Annex 2templetemple at Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — outlier feature20.8540° S · 27.0822° E
- Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — Southern Gategategate at Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 — outlier feature20.8559° S · 27.0802° E