Archaeological site on the banks of the Zerqa River with signs of habitation in the Early Bronze Age I-II and IV. The eastern portion of the larger Tell Um Hammad site is called Um Hammad Sharqiya; the western section is Um Hammad al-Gharbi. The two may have been linked as a single village in the Early Bronze Age IV.
Pleiades
Tell Um Hammad Sharqi
Helms, Betts, and O'Tool 1992
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Tell Um Hammad Sharqi
Archaeological site on the banks of the Zerqa River with signs of habitation in the Early Bronze Age I-II and IV. The eastern portion of the larger Tell Um Hammad site is called Um Hammad Sharqiya; the western section is Um Hammad al-Gharbi. The two may have been linked as a single village in the Early Bronze Age IV.
southern Levant [[-3300,-2000]]
Early Bronze Age Southern Levant (3300–2000 BC)
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
Point representing the location of Tell Um Hammad al-Sharqi, after Helms, Betts, and O'Tool 1992.
Pleiades
Helms, Betts, and O’Tool 1992 pages 5-6, 151-153
-3300
Google Earth location of Tell Um Hammad al-Sharqi
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-2000