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Presented by Yorke Rowan, Senior Research Associate in Ancient Studies, Oriental Institute
"Kites, Tombs, and Houses in the 'Land of Conjecture': New Discoveries in the Black Desert, Jordan"
The eastern panhandle of Jordan includes the Black Desert, a harsh basalt-strewn region with a single asphalt road and few water sources. Few archaeological research projects operated in the region with the exception of pioneering investigations by Betts and Helms in the 1970s and 1980s. With the initiation of the Eastern Badia Archaeological Project in 2008, Rowan and his team began to recognize that thousands of structures, previously unknown, undated, and of unknown function, clustered the landscape. In this talk, Yorke Rowan discusses recent discoveries of tombs, petroglyphs, well-built houses, and vast chains of hunting traps across the landscape, all of which suggest the environment was quite different to what we see now.
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Presented by Yorke Rowan, Senior Research Associate in Ancient Studies, Oriental Institute
"Kites, Tombs, and Houses in the 'Land of Conjecture': New Discoveries in the Black Desert, Jordan"
The eastern panhandle of Jordan includes the Black Desert, a harsh basalt-strewn region with a single asphalt road and few water sources. Few archaeological research projects operated in the region with the exception of pioneering investigations by Betts and Helms in the 1970s and 1980s. With the initiation of the Eastern Badia Archaeological Project in 2008, Rowan and his team began to recognize that thousands of structures, previously unknown, undated, and of unknown function, clustered the landscape. In this talk, Yorke Rowan discusses recent discoveries of tombs, petroglyphs, well-built houses, and vast chains of hunting traps across the landscape, all of which suggest the environment was quite different to what we see now.
Our lectures are free and available to the public thanks to the generous support of our members. To become a member, please visit: bit.ly/2AWGgF7
