Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE)·Canaanite / Ammonite·🇯🇴 Jordan Valley, Jordan
About
About Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite. Mound cemetery with EB shaft tombs and Iron Age Ammonite inscriptions. Yassine excavations: EB shaft graves with daggers, Iron Age stelae.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Jordan Valley
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic sequence
- 02Biblical identification debated
Theories
- 01Border fortress model
- 02Trade route control
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3400 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite / Ammonite
- Purpose
- Mound cemetery with EB shaft tombs and Iron Age Ammonite inscriptions
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3400 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.1900° N · 35.6100° E · -250 m · 3 mapped features
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.1901° N · 35.6101° ETell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.1898° N · 35.6101° ETell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.1904° N · 35.6098° E