A 'SMALL TOWN' DISCOVERED TWICE: A FORGOTTEN REPORT OF MAJOR H. H. KITCHENER. (September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ben-Yosef, Erez; Levy, Thomas E.
• Is Part Of: Palestine exploration quarterly. Volume 146:Number 3(2014)
• Page Start: 179
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2014-09
• Subjects: Faynan -- Palestine Exploration Fund -- H. H. Kitchener -- G. Armstrong -- Khirbat al-Jariya -- Iron Age -- Copper production -- Slag deposits; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine -- Periodicals; Palestine -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Palestine -- Périodiques; Palestine -- Antiquités -- Périodiques; Archeologie; 5.225; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1179/0031032814Z.000000000100
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-0328

Abstract

Abstract : This paper revisits the contribution of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) to the study of the ancient copper mines of Faynan, Jordan. It reveals that it was a PEF expedition that first reported smelting remains in the northern part of the Faynan region, and demonstrates that the reported remains are the Iron Age site of Khirbat al-Jariya.