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2022-01-01

Harvey, Craig A.

In 1995, archaeological excavation at the site of Humayma, in southern Jordan, uncovered a purse hoard of 28 late Roman bronze coins. Found on the edge of the settlement, adjacent to the Via Nova Traiana, the contents of this purse were likely lost at the end of the fourth century or in the early...

2024-04-04

Harvey, Craig A.

This contribution presents a small fragment of carved white marble found at the site of Humayma (Nabataean Hawara/ Roman Hauarra), in what is now southern Jordan. Uncovered during excavation of the site’s Abbasid family’s qasr in 1993, this fragment is the frst and thus far only known example of...

2016-01-01

Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A.

Ceramic building materials such as bricks, pipes and roof tiles are commonly found on Jordanian archaeological sites, yet generally these materials have generated very little interest from archaeologists1. This lack of study is unfortunate given that, just like any other artifacts, the appearance...

2023-01-01

Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A.

In 2022, Al Humaymah Excavation Project began creating a new site plan to contextualize better past archaeological work at Al Humaymah and to show the siteʼs potential for future work. This preliminary report presents an introduction to the site and our methodology for creating the new site plan.

2024-01-01

Oleson, John Peter, Harvey, Craig A.

This article explores the impact of Roman imperialism on the water infrastructure of Humayma, Jordan (Nabataean Hawara, Roman Hauarra). In particular, the uniqueness of a large water reservoir within the Roman auxiliary fort at the site is explored in the context of the site as a strategic way...

2021-01-01

Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A.

The 2014 season of the al-Ḥumaymah Excavation Project was devoted to surveying rock-carved graffiti and other human activity areas on Jabal Kalkhah and the sandstone ridges west of al-Ḥumaymah’s Nabataean through early Islamic settlements (Reeves, Harvey and Seymour 2018). In the course of this...

2017-01-01

Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A., Fergusson, Mike, Harden, Sherry, Holman, Lindsay M., MacKinnon, Marla, Shelton, Andi

Ḥumayma, ancient Ḥawara, is the largest Nabataean and Roman period site in the Ḥisma desert of southern Jordan. The Nabataeans, in the first century BC, had founded a town with an impressive water-supply system here on a pre-existing caravan route. Just over a century later, following the...

2018-01-01

Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A., Seymour, Brian

In May 2014 the Ḥumayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills and ridges to the west of Ḥumayma’s Nabataean to early Islamic settlement.

2023-01-01

Harvey, Craig A., Reeves, M. Barbara

This short article presents findings from a recent study of the ceramic building materials found in the second to fourth century AD Roman fort at Hauarra (modern Humayma, Jordan). While ubiquitous in the region, this material (i.e. bricks, cylindrical pipes, tubuli, and roof tiles) generally...