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S-65

Name:
 وادي برم ١ (Wādī Bram 1)

Site Type:
 Settlement

Periodization:

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

Terrain:
 First Ledge

Site Condition:
 Excellent

Coordinates:
 1741579 N, 245307 E

Elevation:
 834 MSL

Length:
 400 m

Width:
 300 m

Long Axis:
 NE–SW

Notes:
 Over twenty cairns and stone rings on the first ledge (about 35m above the wadi bottom; about 28m above the alluvium). Expansive site, about 400m NW–SW by as much as 300m NW–SE (depending on the slope behind the site). Most visible cairn on the site is enclosed by a square stone structure with traces of mud brick (A-27). One of the stone rings is made with tall upright stones, and may have an adjoining exterior enclosure to its south. One ring stands one meter high and is equipped with an outer ring. The inner ring is quite substantial, having one straight wall. Bones are to be seen inside the inner ring. The entire site is littered with lithics, including—most significantly—large bifacial points that appear to belong to the upper Palaeolithic. 6 of these were collected, but dozens were seen; there are probably over 100 such artifacts on this site, clustered mostly in and around the stone rings. The primary use of this site seems to be Palaeolithic, but it also seems to have had some possible reuse in the Neolithic/Bronze Age and also the construction of the enclosure wall of A-27, which is probably Pre-Islamic.

Architecture:
 A-27

Object(s):
 O-77
 O-78
 O-79
 O-80
 O-81
 O-82
 O-94
 O-95
 O-96
 O-97
 O-98
 O-99
 O-100

Ceramic(s):
 (none)

Inscription(s):
 (none)

Drawing(s):
 (none)

Map(s):
 M-32

Photograph(s):
 P-465
 P-466
 P-467
 P-468
 P-469
 P-470
 P-483
 P-484
 P-485
 P-486
 P-487
 P-488