Historical place profile
Tell Um Hammad al-Gharbi
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:229267414
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:229267414
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 32.137460, 35.572615
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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