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ID: 7029450
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029450

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Khirbat Hamra Ifdan (deserted settlement)  Khirbat Hamra Ifdan (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 39 39 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 30.6612  decimal degrees
Long: 035 23 31 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.3924  decimal degrees

Note: Located in a remote desert area in southern Jordan, around 50 km south of the Dead Sea. It is the site of the largest known Early Bronze Age (EB III) metal factory in the Middle East, dating to ca. 2700 BCE.

Names:
Khirbat Hamra Ifdan (preferred,C,V,S)
Khirbet Hamra Ifdan (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Urdun (nation)  ........  Al Urdun (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Aţ Ţafīlah (governorate)  ............  Aţ Ţafīlah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Khirbat Hamra Ifdan (deserted settlement)  ................  Khirbat Hamra Ifdan (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  in use ca. 2700 BCE, destroyed by earthquake
archaeological site (C)  ............  excavated by archaeologists from the University of California, San Diego
inhabited place (H)
metallurgical center (H)
Bronze Age (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Khirbat Hamra Ifdan..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Roach, Bronze Age Factory (2002) Accessed 07/08/2002.
...................................  UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002) Accessed 07/08/2002.
Khirbet Hamra Ifdan..........  [VP]
...................................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Roach, Bronze Age Factory (2002) Accessed 07/08/2002.
..................  UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002) Accessed 07/08/2002.
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002)

 

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