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Photos and Maps
 Tell
Umayri, Jordan, sits atop a natural hill, as seen in the center
of this photo. The site gives a commanding view of the
surrounding area. Notice how the sides of the tell are steeper
than the natural hillside. Photo courtesy of L. Herr and the
Madaba Plains Project. |
Tell Heshban, Jordan, rises above the modern village at
the foot of the site. Photo by G. Mattingly, courtesy of
Karak Resources Project. |
This drawing of a simplified, hypothetical tell shows examples
of common features archaeologists find in the excavation of a
tell. The alphabetical lettering (A-W) represents various
strata. Letters without an explanation represent soil or
settlement layers. Drawing by T. Eddinger. |
This Turkish era village now lies abandoned on a hillside that
had been inhabited several times before. The ghostly village is
just another step in the development of a site into a tell.
Photo by G. Mattingly, courtesy of Karak Resources Project. |
A volunteer points out various (marked) strata in a
square at Khirbet al-Mudaybi‘, Jordan. Strata accumulate
over time and form layer after layer, like that of a
layer cake. Photo by R. Bullard, Jr., courtesy of Karak
Resources Project. |
The surface of a site usually has visible architecture,
such as the base of a wall, as well as other debris. A
few walls are distinguishable in this photo but the rock
which tumbled from ancient walls makes other features
indistinguishable. Photo by J. Wineland. |
An aerial view of Field IV at Tell Halif in Israel. The
photo shows examples of Persian period, stone-lined pits
dug through the floor of an Iron Age house. Photo
courtesy of Lahav Research Project. |
This Persian Period grain silo at Tell Halif cuts
through the plastered floor of an Iron Age home. The
plastered floor is visible to the left of the pit in
this photo. The two-meter wide silo has a stone lining,
which makes it easy to distinguish from surrounding
stratigraphy. Many pits are not stone-lined and are much
harder to distinguish. Photo courtesy of Lahav Research
Project. |
This pit in Field C at Mudaybi‘ is not stone-lined. This
kind of pit is much harder for archaeologists to detect
during excavations. Photo by G. Mattingly, courtesy of
Karak Resources Project. |
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