Site details
Tell Hesban/Hisban or Heshbon
| PK | C6516 |
| TITLE | Tell Hesban∕Hisban or Heshbon |
| WGS84 | 31.800833° N, 35.808889° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 31.800833, 35.808889 |
| LON/LAT | 35.808889, 31.800833 |
| DMS | 31° 48' 2.9988" N | , | 35° 48' 32.0004" E |
| W3W | hulking, reservations, underlay |
| UTM | 36 R, 765934, 3521797 |
| EGSA87 | 1621199, 3579499 |
| Elevation m | 886 |
| Elevation feet | 2906.8 |
| Region | Levant |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. van Wijngaarden [1999], 520 'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [1999]: 520, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [1999]: 520, 'LHIIIB: Yes'
NOTES
1. The Hesban Final Publication Series documents the findings from Tell Hesban during the five archaeological seasons 1968-1976. They are described here and here.
2. Additional: Paul J. Ray Jr., Tell Hesban and Vicinity in the Iron Age, Andrews University Press, 2001. 978-0943872193
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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., ''191 Hesban'', pg. 520.
Online here.