Dates of Excavation: 28 May-9 July 2000
Description of Excavation
The EHLPP has been documenting Upper Paleolithic (UP) and Epipaleolithic (EPI) settlement and subsistence strategies in the Wadi al-Hasa area of west-central Jordan. This region was characterized by a Pleistocene lake/marsh and has exceptional preservation of site materials. Previous field seasons in 1997 and 1998 tested six sites: Tor Sadaf (transitional UP and early UP), Thalab al-Buhira (UP), Ain al-Buhira (late UP), Yutil al-Hasa (late UP, early EPI, late EPT), Tor Sageer (early EPI), and Tabaqa (late EPI). In the summer of 2000, we will continue excavations at Tor Sadaf and Thalab al-Buhira, reopen excavations at Tor al-Tareeq (early and middle EPI), which was first tested in 19984 and 1992, continue mapping Tabaqa, and conduct a flint/chert raw material source survey.
Periods of Excavation: Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic
Directors: Dr. Nancy R. Coinman, Iowa State University and Dr. Deborah I. Olszewski, Bishop Museum
Contact Persons: Dr. Nancy R. Coinman, Department of Anthropology, 324 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
FAX: (515) 294-1708
E-mail: ncoinman@iastate.edu
Dr. Deborah I. Olszewski, Department of Anthropology, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 76817 USA
FAX: (808) 848-4132
E-mail: deboraho@bishopmuseum.org
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