Using Google Earth to identify site looting in Jordan: Images
The following are images of the 23 sites in Jordan that were identified in the study of looted sites using Google Earth carried out by Dan Contreras and Neil Brodie. On this page you will also find tabulated data of the sites and a Bibliography for the research. You can also view the related Chart and Tabular data. Results of the Jordan study can also be found in the Journal of Field Archaeology.
Azziya
Period: Iron Age, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine
Looted area (m2): 6747
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Glueck 1951
Photos (June 2009):
Bab edh-Dhra
Period: Early Bronze Age
Looted area (m2): 74377
Date of imagery: 2007
References: Fröhlich and Ortner 1982; Lapp 1966, 1968; McCreery 1996; Politis 1998a, 1999; Rast & Schaub 1974, 1979; Rast, Schaub et al. 1980; Schaub 1993; Schaub & Rast 1984, 1989
Photos (June 2009):
Da’ajaniya 9
Period: Late Roman, Early Byzantine
Looted area (m2): 4935
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Rucker 2007
Photos (June 2009):
Dharih
Period: Late Roman/Nabatean/Early Christian
Looted area (m2): 2522
Date of imagery: 2005
References: Lenoble, Al-Muheisen, et al. 2001; MacDonald 1988
Photos (June 2009):
Fayfa
Period: Early Bronze Age
Looted area (m2): 62170
Date of imagery: 2004
References: MacDonald 1992; MacDonald, Clark et al. 1987; Rast & Schaub 1974
Photos (June 2009):
Feinan
Period: Roman/Byzantine
Looted area (m2): 6934
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Barker, Gilbertson et al. 2007; Mattingly, Newson et al. 2007
Photos (June 2009):
Feinan – South Cemetery
Period: Late Roman – Early Byzantine
Looted area (m2): 9674
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Barker, Gilbertson et al. 2007; Findlater, El-Najjar et al. 1998; Mattingly, Newson et al. 2007
Photos (June 2009):
Qazone
Period: Nabatean
Looted area (m2): 80469
Date of imagery: 2007
References: Politis 1998a, 1999
Photos (June 2009):
Safi
Period: Early Bronze Age
Looted area (m2): 194735
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Jones, Tompsett et al. 2000; MacDonald 1992; Papadopoulos, Kontorli-Papadopoulou et al. 2001; Politis 1994, 1998b, 2002; Politis, Kelly et al. 2005; Politis, O’Hea et al. 2007; Rast & Schaub 1974; Waheeb 1995
Photos (June 2009):
Yasileh
Period: Late Roman–Byzantine
Looted area (m2): 10672
Date of imagery: 2004
References: Al-Muheisen 1991; Rose & Burke 2004
Photos (June 2009):
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Chart and Tabular data: Jordan