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Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2018
In May 2014 the Humayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills ... more In May 2014 the Humayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills and ridges to the west of Humayma’s Nabataean to early Islamic settlement. The incentive for the survey was the discovery during HEP’s 2012 season of a petroglyph depicting a religious ceremony on one of the ridges. Subsequent analysis suggested that the petroglyph dates to the Roman period and depicts a Roman officer, a god (likely Jupiter - Ammon - Serapis) and the local topography (Reeves 2015). A Greek inscription and a couple of Nabataean inscriptions were also noted on the same cliff face as this petroglyph, suggesting that the area held special significance for some of
Humayma’s ancient inhabitants. The goal of the 2014 survey was to gain a better understanding of how this area had been used by Humayma’s past occupants by documenting other human activity areas on this ridge (especially petroglyphs and quarries) that had not been documented by previous scholars.
Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2009
Humayma, ancient Hawara, is the largest Nabataean and Roman period site in the Hisma desert of so... more Humayma, ancient Hawara, is the largest Nabataean and Roman period site in the Hisma desert of southern Jordan. In 2008 a new cycle of excavations was begun (under the direction of M. Barbara Reeves of Queen’s University) with the goal of investigating the character and extent of Hawara’s Nabataean and Roman period civilian communities and, more specifically, to see how the nature of these communities changed as the Roman military presence at Hawara evolved. For the 2008 campaign, we targeted four different areas around the perimeter of the fort where, on the basis of past probes and geophysical data, we hypothesized that we would find buildings dating from the Nabataean to the Byzantine periods, as well as traces of the Via Nova Traiana, or the earlier King’s Highway.
Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2018
In May 2014 the Humayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills ... more In May 2014 the Humayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills and ridges to the west of Humayma’s Nabataean to early Islamic settlement. The incentive for the survey was the discovery during HEP’s 2012 season of a petroglyph depicting a religious ceremony on one of the ridges. Subsequent analysis suggested that the petroglyph dates to the Roman period and depicts a Roman officer, a god (likely Jupiter - Ammon - Serapis) and the local topography (Reeves 2015). A Greek inscription and a couple of Nabataean inscriptions were also noted on the same cliff face as this petroglyph, suggesting that the area held special significance for some of
Humayma’s ancient inhabitants. The goal of the 2014 survey was to gain a better understanding of how this area had been used by Humayma’s past occupants by documenting other human activity areas on this ridge (especially petroglyphs and quarries) that had not been documented by previous scholars.
Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2009
Humayma, ancient Hawara, is the largest Nabataean and Roman period site in the Hisma desert of so... more Humayma, ancient Hawara, is the largest Nabataean and Roman period site in the Hisma desert of southern Jordan. In 2008 a new cycle of excavations was begun (under the direction of M. Barbara Reeves of Queen’s University) with the goal of investigating the character and extent of Hawara’s Nabataean and Roman period civilian communities and, more specifically, to see how the nature of these communities changed as the Roman military presence at Hawara evolved. For the 2008 campaign, we targeted four different areas around the perimeter of the fort where, on the basis of past probes and geophysical data, we hypothesized that we would find buildings dating from the Nabataean to the Byzantine periods, as well as traces of the Via Nova Traiana, or the earlier King’s Highway.