Bruce Routledge

Bruce Routledge

University of Pennsylvania
1998 Grant Recipient

William Morton's Excavations at Dhibân (1955, 1956, 1965), Jordan

The final three seasons (1955, 1956 and 1965) of the ASOR-sponsored expedition to Dhiban, directed by Dr. William Morton, will be brought to publication. The manuscript will include a discussion of the stratigraphy, chronology, regional context, and historical and sociological importance of the major periods of settlement revealed by Dr. Morton (EB II-III, Iron I, Iron II, Nabataean, Late Roman-Byzantine, Umayyad and Ayyubid-Mameluke). These conclusions will be aided by analytical studies of the palaeobotanical remains, ceramic clay sources and the composition of the metal artifacts. Furthermore, a concerted effort to link the well-stratified remains of Dr. Morton's excavations to the published results of the first five seasons will provide a sorely needed holistic view of ancient Dhiban as a nodal point of human experience in this region for almost five thousand years.

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