Madaba Plains Project--Tall Al-Umayri 2004

Abstract

"A tenth season of excavation by the Madaba Plains Project-Wmayri occurred between June 23 and August 4,2004 at Tall al-'Umayq located about 10 krn south of Amman's Seventh Circle on the Queen Alia Aqort Highway at the turnoff for Amman National Park (Map 1). The project was sponsored by La Sierra University, in consortium with Andrews University School of Architecture, Canadian University College, Mount Royal College, Pacific Union College, and Walla Walla College.' Th.s season, a team of twenty-six Jordanians and forty-four foreigners, primarily from the United States, took part in the interdisciphary project"