Khirbet Jaber in the northern Jordanian Badia region

Name: Khirbet Jaber in the northern Jordanian Badia region
Author: Obaidat, Dhaif Allah Muhammad

Title	Khirbet Jaber in the northern Jordanian Badia region
Author	Obaidat, Dhaif Allah Muhammad
Publication Place	Amman, Jordan - University of Jordan - Deanship of Scientific Research
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 1996-9546
Record ID	cdi_emarefa_primary_273437
Library Location	EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete
Notes	This research deals with the site of Khirbet Jaber, located about 18 km north of the city of Mafraq, along the border line separating Jordan and Syria. It is considered one of the important archaeological sites in the western part of the northern Jordanian Badia region. It aims to introduce it through the archaeological evidence that is still present on its surface, such as the remains of architectural remains and pottery fragments. This is in addition to the inscriptions (ancient writings) found at the site. These archaeological remains indicate that this site was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic eras (Umayyad, Mamluk, and Ottoman). The archaeological remains are located on two hills, over which the current village houses are spread. It is clear that the center of the archaeological site was on the eastern hill. There are archaeological architectural remains, which were apparently an attractive element in the settlement of the site in the present era, due to the availability of building stones and water sources represented in ponds and tanks. It seems that the location of Khirbet Jaber, on the edge of an area of agricultural land, and in a place where some large valleys meet, descending from distant places and in different directions, through which large quantities of water flow in the rainy seasons, was the reason for choosing it as a place of residence and settlement throughout the ages. Its residents found ways to cultivate these lands, and to meet their daily water needs by collecting and storing it, using various water harvesting systems, such as dams, ponds, and tanks, the waste of which is still present at the archaeological site and its immediate surroundings.
Görüntüle	Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology, 2010, Vol.4 (2), p.118-170

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Khirbet Jaber in the northern Jordanian Badia region

Author Obaidat, Dhaif Allah Muhammad

Publication Place Amman, Jordan - University of Jordan - Deanship of Scientific Research

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 1996-9546

Record ID cdi_emarefa_primary_273437

Library Location EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete

Notes This research deals with the site of Khirbet Jaber, located about 18 km north of the city of Mafraq, along the border line separating Jordan and Syria. It is considered one of the important archaeological sites in the western part of the northern Jordanian Badia region. It aims to introduce it through the archaeological evidence that is still present on its surface, such as the remains of architectural remains and pottery fragments. This is in addition to the inscriptions (ancient writings) found at the site. These archaeological remains indicate that this site was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic eras (Umayyad, Mamluk, and Ottoman). The archaeological remains are located on two hills, over which the current village houses are spread. It is clear that the center of the archaeological site was on the eastern hill. There are archaeological architectural remains, which were apparently an attractive element in the settlement of the site in the present era, due to the availability of building stones and water sources represented in ponds and tanks. It seems that the location of Khirbet Jaber, on the edge of an area of agricultural land, and in a place where some large valleys meet, descending from distant places and in different directions, through which large quantities of water flow in the rainy seasons, was the reason for choosing it as a place of residence and settlement throughout the ages. Its residents found ways to cultivate these lands, and to meet their daily water needs by collecting and storing it, using various water harvesting systems, such as dams, ponds, and tanks, the waste of which is still present at the archaeological site and its immediate surroundings.

Görüntüle Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology, 2010, Vol.4 (2), p.118-170