S-73

Name:
 المركزات (al-Markazāt)

Site Type:
 Mortuary

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

Terrain:
 Wadi Bed

Site Condition:
 Good

Coordinates:
 1771090 N, 222650 E

Elevation:
 702 MSL

Length:
 350 m

Width:
 100 m

Long Axis:
 NE–SW

Comparanda/References:
 Van Beek, Cole, and Jamme (1963)

Notes:
 Cairn site on gravel bed that sits amid the alluvium. 3 dolmens made of very large stones; 1 typical stone ring (Ring 1); 1 small diameter stone ring made of very large stones set upright (Ring 2). Many lithics on the gravel bed. Line on the slope about 250m to the north of the dolmens. Fields are encroaching on all sides, and truch paths cut across the site. Southernmost dolmen (Dolmen 1) circular, 6m diameter. Dolmen 2 rectangular, 5m NE–SW by 2m NW–SE. Dolmen 3 possibly square, 2m by 2m. Dolmens 1 and 2 are enclosed within a common rectangular enclosure (9m NW–SE by 7m NE–SW) with a doorway in its southeastern wall. Northwest stone of Dolmen 3 has a carved design on its southwest face. Interior faces of uprights of Dolmen 2 have the same design pecked into their surfaces. A hand is pecked into the northwest face of a large stone at the northeast end of the site. See Van Beek, Cole, and Jamme (1964) for more information about this site.

Paul C. Zimmerman, 2004–2024. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License