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S-53

Site Type:
 Settlement

Periodization:

	Possible	Probable	Certain
Modern:
Islamic:
Pre-Islamic:
Bronze Age:
Neolithic:
Palaeolithic:

Terrain:
 First Ledge

Site Condition:
 Excellent

Coordinates:
 1746551 N, 250143 E

Elevation:
 829 MSL

Length:
 120 m

Width:
 110 m

Long Axis:
 E–W

Comparanda/References:
 McCorriston (2000)

Notes:
 At least a dozen stone circles, all evidently very old, on the first ledge (about 70m above the wadi floor). Also, 1 lookout (A-19), also very old but apparently younger than the rest of the site. Only sherd collected inside A-19. Each circle is 4–8m in diameter, with many trampled areas within and between them—leading me to believe that this is a village or a seasonal camp of some sort. However, there are no obvious lithics, so maybe this a graveyard of a type that I haven’t seen before.

One sherd recorded is possibly Islamic.

Architecture:
 A-19

Object(s):
 O-44
 O-45

Ceramic(s):
 C-166

Inscription(s):
 (none)

Drawing(s):
 (none)

Map(s):
 M-22

Photograph(s):
 P-133
 P-134
 P-135
 P-136
 P-137
 P-140
 P-147
 P-148
 P-149
 P-150
 P-151
 P-699