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Madaba Plains Project:

Madaba Plains Project:. Tall Jalul Update. All images and content are property of Andrews University. MPP Fieldwork. Tall Hisban Tall al-‘Umayri Tall Jalul Hinterland Surveys and Excavations. Madaba Plains Project.

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Madaba Plains Project:

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  1. Madaba Plains Project: Tall Jalul Update All images and content are property of Andrews University

  2. MPP Fieldwork • Tall Hisban • Tall al-‘Umayri • Tall Jalul • Hinterland Surveys and Excavations

  3. Madaba Plains Project • Lawrence T. Geraty -- La Sierra University (Senior Project Director) • Doug Clark -- La Sierra University (Tall al-‘Umayri) • Larry Herr -- Canadian University College (Tall al-‘Umayri) • Sten LaBianca -- Andrews University (Tall Hisban) • Randall Younker -- Andrews University (Tall Jalul)

  4. Madaba Plains ProjectConsortium Schools • Andrews University (Jalul, Hisban) • Canadian University College (‘Umayri) • Cincinnati Christian University (Jalul) • Grand Valley State University (Hisban) • La Sierra University (‘Umayri) • Northern Caribbean University (Jalul) • Walla Walla College (‘Umayri)

  5. MPP Research Objectives • Trace patterns of subsistence strategies through time: intensification/abatement • Trace occupational patterns: nomadization/sedentarization • Trace sociopolitical and sociocultural evolution in the Madaba Plains area • Overlay historical sources

  6. Madaba Plains Project: Tall Jalul

  7. Tall Jalul Excavations • Directors: Randall Younker and Connie Gane • Co-Directors: • Zeljko Gregor • Jennifer Groves • Paul Ray • Mark Ziese

  8. Tall Jalul (map reference: PGE: 231200 / PGN: 125400) is located 5 km (8 mi) east of Madaba, covers 18.5 acres (7.5 hectares) in area, and rises 819.50 m above sea level, over the Madaba Plain

  9. Tall Jalul Topographical Map

  10. Jalul Field A--Tripartite Building Zeljko Gregor and Ruzica Gregor

  11. Field A Summary: 1992-1999 • 7th century BC pit and room; tripartite building • 8th century BC building • 10th century BC fills

  12. 7th century BC Tripartite Building North Wall of building Column 8th cent. BC Pavement 7th cent. BC Pavement West Wall of building 10th century fills

  13. West wall of 7th cent. BC Tripartite building 8th cent. BC fill stylobate Tripartite building; 8th century BC fill

  14. 7th cent. BC pavement 7th century BC Wall Seam between Walls 8th century BC Wall 8th century BC pavement Two phases of Tripartite Building: 7th and 8th Centuries BC

  15. Fallen pillar 8th cent. BC pavement Broken pillar base stylobate

  16. 7th cent. BC stylobate Walls from 8th cent. BC buidling 7th century BC stylobate; 8th century BC building

  17. 10th Century ashy lenses, 3-4 meters deep; Collared rim jars, carinated bowls found in these layers

  18. Removal of Field A Building in 2005 • Balks and Stylobates were removed from the Iron Age II Tripartite building

  19. Field A Fills • As in previous seasons, below the architectural remains Iron Age I and Late Bronze Age fills containing ashy lenses and sherds were found. The fills dip at a 45-degree angle

  20. MB and LB Pottery found in Field A Fills

  21. Field A • In 2007 several squares were opened to the south of those in earlier seasons • Walls of a late Iron II/Persian-period building were uncovered about half a meter below the surface

  22. Jalul Field B—Gateway Jim Fisher (1992-1999) Mark Ziese (2005)

  23. Field B Summary: 1992-1999 • 8th century BC approach ramp • 8th century BC outer gate house • 9th century BC approach ramp • 9th century outer gate house • 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th century BC and Persian period phases of main (inner) gate area

  24. Approach Ramps 8th and 9th century BC 8th cent. BC ramp 9th cent. BC ramp Outer Gatehouse

  25. Iron II Inner Gateway-view to east 8th cent. BC pavement Iron II 7th cent. BC phase Gatehouse Persian period phase Stone gate post hole

  26. Inner Gatehouse—view to west Persian period Phase 7th cent. BC pavement 8th cent. BC pavement

  27. Persian period 7th cent. BC 8th cent. BC 9th cent. BC Pavement Phases9th, 8th, 7th/6th cent. BC, Persian period

  28. Inner Gatehouse Pylons

  29. Iron II Pylon--built in 9th cent. BC; rebuilt in Persian period

  30. Field B 2005 • Several squares were added at the northern end of Field B in anticipation that more of the superimposed approach ramps to the Iron Age II city gate would appear • Unfortunately, with the exception of a small remnant of the upper (8th century BC) ramp in Square B20, it was destroyed in antiquity

  31. Field C—Iron Age II/Persian Pillared Building Penny Clifford (1994) Dick Dorsett (1994-1999) Connie Gane (1999-2007) Paul Ray (1996, 2007-present)

  32. Field C • A large Persian period building was excavated in the 1994 -1996 seasons

  33. In the 1999 Season the last of the debris of this building were removed and a cave, where 14 bodies were found, was excavated Late Iron Age II/Persian Pillared House

  34. Cave opening in floor of house in which 14 bodies had been thrown during the 7th century BC

  35. Skeleton #8

  36. 7th century BC Horse Figurinefound with Skeletons

  37. Late Iron Age II/Persian Building • Also in the 1999 season walls and circular structure were found in Square 5 to the south of the main building

  38. Field C Walls • Three new squares were opened in the 2005 season • An Iron Age II cobbled street and walls were found in Square C6 south and east of the Iron II/ Persian period building found earlier

  39. Field C • In 2007 parts of two buildings were located south of the Iron II/ Persian period building found in 1994-1999 seasons. Both structures date to the Late Iron II/Persian period Walls of the first building, originally found in 2005, were traced to lower levels

  40. C8 C7 Field C • Between the two buildings was an alleyway or small street

  41. Jalul Field D—Domestic Area Jennifer Groves

  42. Field D • Field D was opened in 1996 and by 1999 appeared to consist of a number of rooms surrounding a central courtyard. Pillars support the ceiling of at least one of the rooms

  43. Field D Large Persian period store jar on floor of room

  44. Field D Rooms • In 2005 collapsed roof debris were found in several rooms of the Iron II/Persian period building found in the 1999 season Room in Square D1

  45. Field D Rooms • Several whole vessels were found in situ on the floor of a room in Square D3

  46. Field D • In 2007 work continued in several rooms on the west side of the large Late Iron II/Persian-period building complex, uncovered in previous seasons • Different floor levels were reached in the northwesternmost room

  47. Field D • Rooms of Field D structure

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