The first preliminary report of the Khirbat Umm al-GhuzlÄ n Excavation Project: investigating an EB IV olive processing site in north Jordan
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Fraser, James
Cartwright, Caroline
Zoubi, N.
Carr, A.
Handziuk, N.
Spry, B.
Date published
2022
Abstract
The evidence from Khirbat Umm al-GhuzlÄ n suggests that this enclosure site served a specialised economic purpose in the Early Bronze Age (EB) IV (ca 26/2500-2000BC). Given the site’s location, it is likely that it was used as a processing centre for upland horticultural crops such as olive, which grow better in the well-drained slopes of the rift escarpment than on the flood-prone Jordan Valley floor. The site may have been enclosed to protect seasonally-produced caches of high-value oil jars before their distribution through the settlement systems of the rift escarpment, or to population centres on the Jordan Valley floor.
Project(s)
Khirbat Umm al-GhuzlÄ n project
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Curtiss T. and Mary G. Brennan Foundation | |
Gerald Avery Wainwright Fund (University of Oxford) | |
Journal title
ADAJ (Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan)
Volume
60
Publisher
Department of Antiquities of Jordan
Place of publication
Amman