Archaeology in Jordan, 2006 Season

Roman glass across the Empire: an elemental and isotopic characterization

“…These three sections of the site are dated to late Roman times (3 rd -4 th centuries AD). [26][27][28] All are coloured vessel fragments. A total of 8 samples are analysed for their elemental and four samples for their isotopic compositions.…”

Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World: Results of the ARCHGLASS project

“…Glass samples Ba1 and Ba10 were found in section D1, sample Ba3 in section B9. All these sections of the site are dated to late Roman times (3 rd to 4 th century AD; Savage and Keller, 2007;Savage et al, 2008), while sample Ba8a was dated to the 5 th to 6 th century AD. From the ancient city of Petra, located in south-west Jordan, colourless glass fragments dated to the 3 rd to 5 th century AD were analysed.…”

Management of Religious Tourism in the Baptism Site Jordan-South Levant

“…It is good to add that geophysical surveys were done in June 1998 at Tall Al-Kharrar by the Geophysics Division of the Natural Resources Authority of Jordan. The aim was to map and locate the buried structures and artifacts and to define the places to carry out excavations and finally to evaluate the use of geophysics in archaeology for the study of history [15]. In the fourth season in 1999, many archaeological sites near the River and in Wadi Al-Kharrar and 10 other sites on the sides of Wadi Gharaba were found.…”