1. Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project a scientific endeavor of the College of Archaeology, Trinity Southwest University under the auspices of the Department of Antiquities, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan PPT: MB1-2 Lower City Southern Defenses Steven Collins, PhD Dean, College of Archaeology, Trinity Southwest University Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA  Copyright 2015 Trinity Southwest University © Copyright 2015 by Trinity Southwest University Press, 7600 Jefferson NE, Suite 28, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109, USA; (505) 332-4253. All rights reserved. Created in the United States of America by Trinity Southwest University Press, a division of CEM, Inc. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, digital, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from Trinity Southwest University.

2. By clicking through the following PPT animations, you’ll observe the architectural engineering of a section of Tall el-Hammam’s southern defenses.

3. BEDROCK EB2/3 city wall IB house EB2 fill EB2/3 roadway EB2/3 house Chalco/EB1 houses MB2 city wall MB2 street MB2 house IN SITU AND EXTRAPOLATED COMPONENTS OF THE MBA LOWER DEFENSIVE SYSTEM internal stone stabilizer walls mudbrick mudbrick engineered fill in situ line city wall city wallstonefoundation 36° slope N

4. BEDROCK EB2/3 city wall IB house EB2 fill EB2/3 roadway EB2/3 house Chalco/EB1 houses MB2 city wall MB2 street MB2 house in situ line Section: lower Tall el-Hammam, Middle Bronze Age southern defenses at the time of its terminal destruction 33m (100 ft.) (100 ft.) MB2 defensive rampart system 7.42m rise -158.09m -165.51m PRESERVATION FACTOR: 40° N