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S-68

Name:
 وادي برم ٢ (Wādī Bram 2)

Site Type:
 Settlement

Periodization:

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

Terrain:
 First Ledge

Site Condition:
 Excellent

Coordinates:
 1740994 N, 244661 E

Elevation:
 790 MSL

Length:
 300 m

Long Axis:
 NE–SW

Notes:
 Expansive site on the first ledge similar to, and in plain view of S-65. Numerous cairns and stone circles. Cairns are clustered along the cliff edge, and stone rings (bearing some similarity to those from S-53) are at the base of the slope and extend up it some distance. Stone rings and cairns, in worse condition, are also found on the wadi bed below the site. Choppers and lithic debris that appears very similar to the bifacial industry discovered yesterday at S-65 abounds. However, the only good, definite tool was found on the wadi bed below the site. One broken, but otherwise excellent, neolithic point was found in one of the stone rings. The largest stone rings (of which there are at least five) appear to be house foundations. Many of these rings have smaller rings attached to their northwest exteriors and/or to their southeast interiors. (My guess is that these are hearths.) One rectangular stone-built structure is also on the site, apparently dating to the same phase as the ring “houses.” The largest cairn on the site is surrouded by a ring wall with arms projecting radially inward to the cairn, like the spokes of a wheel.

Architecture:
 (none)

Object(s):
 O-85
 O-86
 O-87
 O-88
 O-89
 O-91
 O-92
 O-106
 O-107
 O-108
 O-109
 O-110
 O-111
 O-112
 O-113
 O-114

Ceramic(s):
 (none)

Inscription(s):
 (none)

Drawing(s):
 (none)

Map(s):
 M-34

Photograph(s):
 P-469
 P-487
 P-499
 P-500
 P-501
 P-502
 P-503
 P-504
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 P-520
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 P-526
 P-527