Contextualizing the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-ʿUmayri: The Late Bronze Age
Narrating Archaeological Sites and Places - Fifty Years of the Madaba Plains Project at Tall Hisban, Tall al-`Umayri, and Tall Jalul - Douglas R. Clark
Kent V. Bramlett [+]
La Sierra University
Kent Bramlett (PhD University of Toronto 2009) is Professor of Archaeology and the History of Antiquity at La Sierra University where he has taught since 2010. He is Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies and Archaeology and Director of Graduate Studies in Archaeology. He is Curator of the Archaeology Collections and Associate Director of the Lawrence T. Geraty & Douglas R. Clark Center for Near Eastern Archaeology at La Sierra University. Having earned a PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Toronto specializing in the Late Bronze Age, he is co-director of the Madaba Plains Project excavation at Tall al-ʿUmayri and the Baluʿa Regional Archaeological Project, both in Jordan. He has published numerous articles in the field. At La Sierra University he teaches courses in archaeology and ancient Near Eastern languages and is involved in the application of emerging technology to archaeological research.
Description
Late Bronze Age settlement in the Highlands of Jordan, particularly south of the Wādī Zarqā’, has traditionally been understood to be negligible and insignificant, though in recent decades studies have reevaluated the period. Settlement during this period in Jordan is a barometer of several intersecting social developments, including: the policies and strength of inter-regional empires, local responses to environmental conditions, and the economic and political opportunities available to indigenous polities.