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The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

 


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DAAHL Site Record for Tuwaneh:

DAAHL SITE #: 353003436
SIZE: 312500
ELEVATION: 1249
SITE NAME: et Tuwaneh
LATITUDE: 30.75130
LONGITUDE: 35.72500
PRIMARY REFERENCE: MacDonald, B. (1999, 2000)
NOTES: MacDonald (1999, 2000) list this site as "Caravanserai", with periods "Ceramic period lithics (?); Iron II; Via Nova Traiana, prob; ERom (Nab); Byz; EIsl; MIsl/LIsl". Elevation from Google Elevation Service.
Site Contributed by:
CONTRIBUTOR: Dr. Burton MacDonald
INSTITUTION: Department of Religious Studies, St. Francis Xavier University
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5000, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
E-MAIL: bmacdona@stfx.ca
URL: http://people.stfx.ca/bmacdona/welcome.html

 
Alternate Site Names:
MNEMONIC ARTICLE SITE NAME
Khirbat at-Tuwanah

Site Components:
PERIOD FEATURE TYPE SIZE (ha) DESCRIPTION
Unspecified Sherd / Flint Scatter
Unspecified Tower 0
Unspecified Cave / Rockshelter 0
Unspecified Other / Unspecified Structure or Wall Foundations 0
Unspecified Cistern 0
Unspecified Milestone / Curbstone / Road Marker
Unspecified Cemetery / Necropolis 0
Unspecified Other or Unspecified Inscription
Middle Paleolithic/Mousterian Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Pottery Neolithic Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron Age Stratified Material Culture with No Structures 0
Iron II Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron IIa/b Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron IIc Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Hellenistic Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Nabatean Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Nabatean Temple / Shrine 0
Nabatean Cistern 0
Nabatean Birket / Water Reservoir / Vaulted Pool 0
Early Nabatean Possibly Fortified Settlement
Middle Nabatean Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Late Nabatean Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Nabatean Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Roman Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Roman Caravanserai / Khan / Inn / Hospice 0
Roman Temple / Shrine 0
Roman Cistern 0
Roman Milestone / Curbstone / Road Marker 0
Roman Rock-Cut Tomb (Simple Entrance or Dromos) 0
Early Roman Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Late Roman Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Roman Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Late Roman Baths / Bathroom
Late Roman Road / Street / Path 0
Byzantine Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Byzantine Cistern
Byzantine Baths / Bathroom 0
Byzantine Road / Street / Path 0
Early Byzantine Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Late Byzantine Possibly Fortified Settlement
Islamic Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Islamic Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Umayyad Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Abbasid Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Abbasid/Fatimid Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Abbasid/Fatimid Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Ayubid Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Ayubid/Mamluk Sherd / Flint Scatter
Mamluk Possibly Fortified Settlement 0
Ottoman Sherd / Flint Scatter 0

Condition Report: 1992-03-15
OVERALL CONDITION: Good
OVERALL RATING: Excavation Imperative: High priority
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: Encoded by ZTF & ALT ON 06/07/1992 Other Disturbance code is(24) BOTH THE VIA NOVA AND WADI AT- TUWANA CUT THROUGH THE SITE ASN DIVIDE IT INTO E AND W SEGMENTS. THE W SEGMENT PROBABLY SERVED AS A DWELLING DURING THE ISLAMIC PERIOD.
DATE VISITED: 1992-03-15
ENTERED BY: ZTF & ALT
DATE ENTERED: 1993-05-11
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Moderate damage
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Significant damage
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Significant damage
THREAT: Construction - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Water Control Facility / Structure (operation)
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage
THREAT: Other Development
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Clandestine Excavation/Vandalism
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Erosion
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Bulldozing
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 

Condition Report: 0000-00-00
OVERALL CONDITION: No Information
OVERALL RATING: No Information
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: Encoded by ZTF & ALT ON 06/07/1992 Other Disturbance code is(24) BOTH THE VIA NOVA AND WADI AT- TUWANA CUT THROUGH THE SITE ASN DIVIDE IT INTO E AND W SEGMENTS. THE W SEGMENT PROBABLY SERVED AS A DWELLING DURING THE ISLAMIC PERIOD.
DATE VISITED: 0000-00-00
DATE ENTERED: 0000-00-00
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Construction - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Water Control Facility / Structure (operation)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Development
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Human Impacts - Other
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Agricultural Use (General)
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 

Condition Report: 0000-00-00
OVERALL CONDITION: No Information
OVERALL RATING: No Information
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: Encoded by ZTF & ALT ON 06/07/1992 Other Disturbance code is(24) BOTH THE VIA NOVA AND WADI AT- TUWANA CUT THROUGH THE SITE ASN DIVIDE IT INTO E AND W SEGMENTS. THE W SEGMENT PROBABLY SERVED AS A DWELLING DURING THE ISLAMIC PERIOD.
DATE VISITED: 0000-00-00
DATE ENTERED: 0000-00-00
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Construction - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Water Control Facility / Structure (operation)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Development
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Human Impacts - Other
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Road Work
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 

Condition Report: 0000-00-00
OVERALL CONDITION: No Information
OVERALL RATING: No Information
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: Encoded by ZTF & ALT ON 06/07/1992 Other Disturbance code is(24) BOTH THE VIA NOVA AND WADI AT- TUWANA CUT THROUGH THE SITE ASN DIVIDE IT INTO E AND W SEGMENTS. THE W SEGMENT PROBABLY SERVED AS A DWELLING DURING THE ISLAMIC PERIOD.
DATE VISITED: 0000-00-00
DATE ENTERED: 0000-00-00
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Construction - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Water Control Facility / Structure (operation)
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Development
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown
THREAT: Other Human Impacts - Other
THREAT SEVERITY: Unknown

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Bedouin Camp
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 
References:
REFERENCE: BRUENNOW R. & VON DOMASZEWSKI A.1904
TITLE: Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898 unternommenen Reisen und der Berichte fruherer Reisender, 3 vols. , Strassburg.
REFERENCE: GLUECK N.1933a
TITLE: Explorations in Eastern Palestine I , Philadelphia. (ASOR 14 =EEP 1)
REFERENCE: GLUECK N.1935a
TITLE: Explorations in Eastern Palestine II , New Haven. (AASOR 15 = EEP 2)
REFERENCE: GLUECK N.1939a
TITLE: Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3)