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The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

 


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DAAHL Site Record for Hisban:

DAAHL SITE #: 353100399
SIZE: 37500
ELEVATION: 883
SITE NAME: Tall Hisban
LATITUDE: 31.80040
LONGITUDE: 35.80890
NOTES: There were four records in JADIS for Tall Hisban, but only this one was accurately placed. The others were JADIS #s 2213070, 2213018, and 2214021. There were no features or visits recorded for any of these inaccurate locations, so they were deleted from JADIS on 2008-01-03. The coordinates for this record were moved slightly to the SE, to place the site point in the center of the tell, based on coordinates from Google Earth. The elevation, which had been 895, was reduced to 880, again based on the elevation in Google Earth. Elevation from Google Elevation Service.
Alternate Site Names:
MNEMONIC ARTICLE SITE NAME
ESBUS
TELL HESHBAN
TELL HISBON

Site Components:
PERIOD FEATURE TYPE SIZE (ha) DESCRIPTION
Unspecified Multi-Period Stratified Site (Tell or Khirbet) 0
Unspecified Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Unspecified Hamlet / Farmstead 0
Unspecified Road / Street / Path 0
Unspecified Quarry 0
Unspecified Sarcophagus
Unspecified Statue / Sculpture / Bas-Relief 0
Unspecified Greek Inscription
Unspecified Thamudic Inscription 0
EB I Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
EB II Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron Age Cistern 0
Iron Age Birket / Water Reservoir / Vaulted Pool 0
Iron I Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Iron IIa/b Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Iron IIc Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Persian (Iron III) Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Early Hellenistic Stratified Material Culture with No Structures 0
Early Hellenistic Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Late Hellenistic Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Late Hellenistic Cave / Rockshelter 0
Roman Mill / Millstone 0
Roman Cistern 0
Early Roman Fortress / Fortification 0
Early Roman Cave / Rockshelter 0
Late Roman Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Late Roman Temple / Shrine
Late Roman Road / Street / Path 0
Byzantine Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Byzantine Church / Chapel 0
Umayyad Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Abbasid Stratified Material Culture with No Structures 0
Abbasid/Fatimid Stratified Material Culture with No Structures 0
Ayubid Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Ayubid/Mamluk Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Mamluk Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Late Ottoman Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Late Ottoman Cave / Rockshelter 0

Condition Report: 1992-09-16
OVERALL CONDITION: Fair
OVERALL RATING: Site Already Protected
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
DATE VISITED: 1992-09-16
DATE ENTERED: 1992-09-16
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
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
THREAT: Other Human Impacts - Other
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Archaeological Excavation
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Road Work
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Modern Houses
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 
References:
REFERENCE: BOESSNECK J. & VON DEN DRIESCH A.1978
TITLE: Preliminary analysis of the animal bones from Tell Hesban
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 16,p.259-287,pls.21-24.
REFERENCE: BOESSNECK J. & VON DEN DRIESCH A.1981
TITLE: Erste Ergebnisse unserer Bestimmungsarbeit an den Tierknochenfunden vom Tell Hesban / Jordanien
SERIAL NAME: Archaologie und Naturwissenschaften 2,p.55-71.
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. & GERATY L.T.1976
TITLE: eds., Heshbon 1974 : The Fourth Campaign at Tell Hesban, A Preliminary Report , Berrien Springs. (= AUM Studies in Religion 9)
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. & GERATY L.T.1978
TITLE: eds., Heshbon 1976 : The Fifth Campaign at Tell Hesban, A Preliminary Report , Berrien Springs. (= AUM Studies in Religion 10)
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. & GERATY L.T.1979
TITLE: The Long Life of Tell Hesban, Jordan
SERIAL NAME: Archaeology 32:1,p.10-20,16 figs.
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. & HORN S.H.1973
TITLE: eds., Heshbon 1971 : The Second Campaign at Tell Hesban, A Preliminary Report , Berrien Springs. (= AUM Studies in Religion 6)
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. & HORN S.H.1975
TITLE: eds., Heshbon 1973 : The Third Campaign at Tell Hesban, A Preliminary Report , Berrien Springs. (= AUM Studies in Relition 8)
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. ET AL.1969
TITLE: The First Campaign at Tell Hesban (1968)
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 7,p.97-222,figs.1-12.
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. ET AL.1976
TITLE: The Fourth Campaign at Tell Hesban (1974)
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 14,p.1-117,pls.1-16.
REFERENCE: BORAAS R.S. ET AL.1978
TITLE: The Fifth Campaign at Tell Hesban (1976)
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 16,p.1-199,figs.1-20.
REFERENCE: BULLARD R.G.1972
TITLE: Geological Study of the Heshbon Area
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 10,p.129-141.
REFERENCE: BURCKHARDT J.L.1822
TITLE: Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, 1812 , London.
REFERENCE: BURCKHARDT J.L.1831
TITLE: Notes on the Beduins and Wahabys , London.
REFERENCE: CONDER C.R.1889a
TITLE: Heth and Moab. Explorations in Syria in 1881 and 1882 , London.
REFERENCE: CONDER C.R.1889b
TITLE: The Survey of Eastern Palestine I : The 'Adwan Country , London.
REFERENCE: CROSS F.M.1969a
TITLE: An Ostracon from Heshbon
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 7,p.223-229,fig.13.
REFERENCE: CROSS F.M.1973a
TITLE: Heshbon Ostracon II
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 11,p.126-131,fig.10.
REFERENCE: CROSS F.M.1975
TITLE: Ammonite Ostraca from Heshbon : Heshbon Ostraca IV-VIII
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 13,p.1-20,figs.1-3,pls.1-2.
REFERENCE: CROSS F.M.1976
TITLE: Heshbon Ostracon XI
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 14,p.145-148,fig.21.
REFERENCE: CROSS F.M.1979
TITLE: ed., Symposia Celebrating the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1900-1975), Cambridge.
REFERENCE: GERATY L.T.1975a
TITLE: The 1974 Season of Excavations at Tell Hesban
SERIAL NAME: ADAJ 20,p.47-56,pls.13-20.
REFERENCE: GERATY L.T.1975b
TITLE: Chronique archeologique : Hesban (Heshbon)
SERIAL NAME: RB 82,p.576-586,fig.2,pl.48.
REFERENCE: GLUECK N.1933a
TITLE: Explorations in Eastern Palestine I , Philadelphia. (ASOR 14 =EEP 1)
REFERENCE: IRBY C.L. & MANGLES J.1823
TITLE: Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and the Holy Land during the Years 1817 and 1818 , London.
REFERENCE: KRITZECK J.A. & NITOWSKI E.L.1980
TITLE: The Rolling Stone Tomb F 1 at Tell Hesban
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 18,p.77-100,figs.1-2,pls.1-6.
REFERENCE: LABIANCA O.S.1973
TITLE: The Zooarchaeological Remains from Tell Hesban
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 11,p.133-144,figs.11-12.
REFERENCE: LABIANCA O.S.1976
TITLE: The Village of Hesban : An Ethnographic Preliminary Report
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 14,p.189-200,fig.27.
REFERENCE: LAWLOR J.I.1979a
TITLE: The 1978 Hesban North Church Project
SERIAL NAME: Newsletter ASOR 4,p.1-8.
REFERENCE: LAWLOR J.I.1979b
TITLE: Chronique Archeologique : Hesban (Heshbon) 1978
SERIAL NAME: RB 86,p.115-117,pls.5-6.
REFERENCE: LE STRANGE G.1886
TITLE: A Ride through 'Ajlun und the Belka during the Autumn of 1884 =SCHUMACHER,p.268-323.
REFERENCE: MERRILL S.1876
TITLE: Letter from Rev. Selah Merrill
SERIAL NAME: PEFQS 8,p.177-181.
REFERENCE: MERRILL S.1881
TITLE: East of the Jordan : a Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of Moab, Gilead, and Bashan , London,New York.
REFERENCE: MITCHEL L.A.1982
TITLE: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods at Tell Hesban, Jordan
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 20,p.67-68.
REFERENCE: MUSIL A.1908
TITLE: Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.
REFERENCE: SAUER J.A.1973b
TITLE: Heshbon Pottery 1971. A Preliminary Report on the Pottery from the 1971 Excavations at Tell Hesban , Berrien Springs. (= AUM Studies in Religion 7)
REFERENCE: SAUER J.A.1978a
TITLE: Area B and Square D.4 = BORAAS et alii,
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 16,p.31-49,figs.4-5.
REFERENCE: SAUER J.A.1978c
TITLE: ACOR, Amman : Director's Report 1977-78
SERIAL NAME: Newsletter ASOR 3,p.1-17,19 figs.
REFERENCE: SEETZEN U.J.1813
TITLE: A Brief Account of the Countries adjoining the Lake of Tiberias,the Jordan and the Dead Sea , London.
REFERENCE: SHEA W.H.1977
TITLE: Ostracon II from Heshbon
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 15,p.217-222.
REFERENCE: STORFJELL J.B.1983
TITLE: The Stratigraphy of Tell Hesban, Jordan, in the Byzantine Period, Berrien Springs. (Unbpublished Thesis - Microfilm)
REFERENCE: TERIAN A.1971
TITLE: Coins from the 1968 Excavations at Heshbon
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 9,p.147-160,pls.1-2.
REFERENCE: TERIAN A.1974
TITLE: Coins from the 1971 Excavations at Heshbon
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 12,p.35-46.
REFERENCE: TERIAN A.1980
TITLE: Coins from the 1976 Excavations at Heshbon
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 18,p.173-180,pls.1-2.
REFERENCE: THOMPSON H.O.1969
TITLE: The First Campaign at Tell Hesban. Area C
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 7,p.127-142,fig.5,pl.23c.
REFERENCE: THOMPSON H.O.1973e
TITLE: The Second Campaign at Tell Hesban : Area C
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 11,p.72-88.
REFERENCE: THOMPSON H.O.1975a
TITLE: The Third Campaign at Tell Hesban : Area C
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 13,p.169-181.
REFERENCE: TRISTRAM H.B.1873
TITLE: The Land of Moab. Travels and Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan , London.
REFERENCE: VAN ELDEREN B.1978
TITLE: Area A = BORAAS et alii,
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 16,p.19-30,figs.2-3.
REFERENCE: VYHMEISTER W.1968
TITLE: The History of Heshbon from Literary Sources
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 6,p.158-177.
REFERENCE: WARREN C.1870b
TITLE: Expedition to the East of Jordan, July and August, 1867
SERIAL NAME: PEFQS 2,p.284-306.
REFERENCE: WATERHOUSE S.D. & IBACH R.1975
TITLE: Heshbon 1973 : The Topographical Survey
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 13,p.217-133,figs.10-11.
REFERENCE: WATERHOUSE S.D.1973
TITLE: Areas E and F
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 11,p.113-125,fig.9.
REFERENCE: WIMMER D.H.1978
TITLE: Area G.4,13,15
SERIAL NAME: AUSS 16,p.149-166,figs.14-15.
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