Settlements of Jebel Qurma: Uncovering Jordan’s ancient desert dwellings

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Settlements of Jebel Qurma: Uncovering Jordan’s ancient desert dwellings

AMMAN — In northeastern Jordan, the rough and rocky Harra begins about 30 kilometres east of the small oasis town of Azraq. This basalt desert has been a home to different settlements and was occupied from the time immemorial. “The Black Desert is characterised by basalt-capped table-mounds and plateaus that alternate with extensive gravel plains, mud flats of varying size, and low limestone ranges,” noted Merel Bruning from Leiden University. B…