Baq-ah Valley Project (Jordan)

The University Museum collections include artifacts from five seasons of survey and excavation in the Baq'ah Valley (between 1977 and 1987), nine miles northwest of Amman, Jordan. Dr. Patrick McGovern Senior Research Scientist in MASCA (Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology) directed excavation and survey at several different tells and burial caves. The artifacts discovered ranged from the early Bronze Age through the Mamluk period, and among the most significant were a large late Bronze Age cult building and one of the largest tombs from the early Iron Age (1230-1050 B.C.E.) to have been excavated in this area.