Tall Hisban Excavations (Phase III) Phase III of the Tall Hisban excavations are summarized in the Summer 2012 edition of the Andrews University Focus magazine: May 19-June 7, 2013: THIRD JORDAN FIELD SCHOOL SEASON The inaugural season of Phase III of the Hisban excavations focused upon mapping and documenting the ruins, site preservation and presentation, as well as limited excavations […]
Tall Hisban Excavations (Phase II) A. Phase II Publications. List of publications resulting from or related to Phase II excavations. B. Past Field Seasons. June 19 – July 31, 1996: PILOT SEASON. The objective of this pilot season was to undertake clean-up of the most notable archaeological features of the site and to initiate construction of […]
The 2017–18 season marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Heshbon Expedition to Jordan, the forerunner of the Madaba Plains Project (MPP). Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist school in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States, was one of the first in taking part in those archaeological excavation projects at three Jordan locations—Tall Hisban, Tall […]
Tall Hisban (Phase II) Publications Carroll, L., A. Fenner, and O.S. LaBianca (2006). “The Ottoman Qasar at Hisban: Architecture, Reform, and New Social Relations.” Near Eastern Archaeology 69 (3-4): 138-146. Carroll, L. (2008). “Sowing the Seeds of Modernity on the Ottoman Frontier: Agriculture Investment and the Formation of Large Farms in Nineteenth-Century Transjordan.” Archaeologies: Journal of the […]
Hesbon Excavations The original Heshbon Expedition was begun by Siegfried S. Horn in 1968 with the goal of establishing whether Tell Hesban (Tall Hisban) was the Heshbon mentioned some forty times in the Old Testament. The discovery of twenty-one occupational layers spanning not only the biblical era but also the classical and Islamic eras, made […]
Current Research Darrell Rohl’s Research on the classical and late antique periods of Tell Hisban My current Jordanian research focuses on the classical and late antique periods, particularly in the vicinity of Tall Hisban. I have been tasked with completing the synthetic report for the site’s Late Roman/Byzantine strata, and I am working with the […]
Related and Forthcoming Publications List of all papers published by Dr. LaBianca Madaba Plains Project Reports Madaba Plains Project 1: The 1984 Season at Tell el-Umeiri & Vicinity & Subsequent Studies by Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, Øystein S. Labianca and Randall W. Younker Twenty-three contributors present studies of food, water, […]
Noteworthy Citations and Reviews Hesban Series Reviews Reviews of Hesban 1 Dever, W. G. (1993). Syro-Palestinian Archaeology “Comes of Age”: The Inaugural Volume of the Hesban Series. A Review Article. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 290/291: 127-30. “(T)his combined project has long since become one of the most sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary of all […]
Heshbon Expedition Publications Plates for each article are listed at the bottom of the page by publications. Alomia, M. K. (1978). “Tell Hesban 1976: Notes on the Present Avifauna of Tell Hesban.” AUSS 16 (1): 289-303. Ayalon, M. (1973). “Tell Hesban 1971: Heshbon Ostracon III.” AUSS 11 (1): 132. Battenfield, J. R. (1974). “Tell Hesban […]
Research Here you can find information and access to the many publications that have resulted from all of the Hisban excavations. These include the Madaba Plains Project Series, the Hesban Series, and other related publications. You can also read about current research projects. Featured Publication Global Moments in the Levant – a Unifob Research […]
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