Site details

Amman Airport

PK	C6456
TITLE	Amman Airport
WGS84	31.970694° N, 35.981586° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	31.970694, 35.981586
LON/LAT	35.981586, 31.970694

DMS

31° 58' 14.4984" N

35° 58' 53.7096" E

W3W	himself, pipes, ships
UTM	36 R, 781773, 3541071
EGSA87	1635571, 3600340

Elevation m	768
Elevation feet	2519.7
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Herr [1981], 20    ' ... earlier excavations had found a considerable quantity of imported pottery (especially Mycenaean wares), ... '
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 520

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 520, 'EARLIEST: LHIIA'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Herr [1981]: 4, 'Because the founding "dedicatory fill" contained Mycenaean IIIA-B sherds but Mycenaean II forms were rare (Hankey 1974a) Hennessy refined Harding's date to the Late Bronze II period, ca. the early 14th century to the late 13th century ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 520, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Herr [1981]: 4, 'Because the founding "dedicatory fill" contained Mycenaean IIIA-B sherds but Mycenaean II forms were rare (Hankey 1974a) Hennessy refined Harding's date to the Late Bronze II period, ca. the early 14th century to the late 13th century ... '
    b.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 520, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1. Additional Bibliography:

Hankey 1974 : 'A Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman I: The Aegean Pottery.' Levant VI: 131-59. 1974.

Hennessy, J. B. 'Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman.' Palestine Exploration Quarterly 98: 155-62. 1966.

Hennessy, J. B. 'A Temple of Human Sacrifice at Amman.' The Gazette (University of Sydney) 2 (20): 307-309. 1970.

Ward, W. A. 'Cylinders and Scarabs from a Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman.' Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 8-9: 47-55. 1964.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Herr [1981]: Herr, Larry G.. The Amman Airport Excavations, 1976. The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 48. 1981, '', Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [1999]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery outside Greece; Contexts of LHI - LHIIIB finds in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy. Amsterdam. 1999., ''189 Amman'', pg. 520. Online here.