Two Glass Beads from Wisad Pools in the Jordanian Black Desert

Two glass beads were discovered in an architectural structure (W-80) at a site called Wisad Pools, located in the so-called Black Desert of eastern Jordan. Structure W-80 refers to a tomb built on a collapsed Late Neolithic (6600-5000 B.C.) dwelling. The tomb was approximately five meters in diamete...

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Published in:Journal of glass studies 2018-01, Vol.60, p.303-306
Main Authors: Dussubieux, Laure, Schmidt, Katharina, Rowan, Yorke M., Wasse, Alexander M. R., Rollefson, Gary O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antimony
Archaeometry
Architecture
Beads
Beads and beading
Boron
Bronze Age
Copper
Corrosion
Deserts
Excavation
Glass
Historic artifacts
Iron age
Marble
Measuring instruments
Minerals
Neolithic
Oxides
Potash
Tombs
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Summary:Two glass beads were discovered in an architectural structure (W-80) at a site called Wisad Pools, located in the so-called Black Desert of eastern Jordan. Structure W-80 refers to a tomb built on a collapsed Late Neolithic (6600-5000 B.C.) dwelling. The tomb was approximately five meters in diameter, with walls still standing about 80 centimeters high at the time of the excavation. The skeleton within the burial was poorly preserved and accompanied by a number of small finds, some of which were tentatively dated to the Late Bronze Age IIA period (about 14th century B.C.). These included the two dark blue glass beads discussed in this note, 15 carnelian beads, two melon beads made of Dabba marble, a copper bead, a copper finger ring, a silver (?) earring, and a bronze arrowhead. A detailed study of the small finds, including origin and date, will be published later.
ISSN:0075-4250