Archaeology Education Outreach
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Humayma, Jordan
This site has an occupation timeline from Nabatean (200 bce to 200 ce) to the Ottoman (1500 ce -1918 ce).
Excavations reveals a Nabatean bath house, a Roman Legion fort, two Byzantine churchs, and an Islamic Qsar (this is where I worked).
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The view from the top of the escarpment to the South Jordanian desert, 500 meters below.
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My first day at Humayma.
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You can tell, as I am still smiling in the 110 degree heat, and "the blow dryer in your face" wind.
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My trustly trowel was not ready for the sight of my square. Six meters by six meters. Can you see the grid?
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The tools of the trade at a Near Eastern site. Wheelbarrel, pick-axe and shovel.
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Grab any moment available to catch up on paperwork.
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After six hours working in the desert, we return to wash buckets and buckets of ceramic pottery.
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It was fun. We worked with the Bedouin, became very dirty, researched daily life in a two thousand year old town and experienced culture and science. On this day, I rode a local camel.
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Click on the flag to check out the
excavations at Sotira, Cyprus.
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