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ID: 7029450
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7029450
Record Type:
administrative
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
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preferred
,
C
,
V
,
S
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Khirbet Hamra Ifdan
(
C
,
V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
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Al Urdun
(nation) (
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Aţ Ţafīlah
(governorate) (
P
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Khirbat Hamra Ifdan
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
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in use ca. 2700 BCE, destroyed by earthquake
archaeological site (
C
)
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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
]
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Roach, Bronze Age Factory (2002)
Accessed 07/08/2002.
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UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002)
Accessed 07/08/2002.
Khirbet Hamra Ifdan..........
[
VP
]
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Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Roach, Bronze Age Factory (2002)
Accessed 07/08/2002.
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UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002)
Accessed 07/08/2002.
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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UCSD, Bronze Age Metal Factory (2002)
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