Greetings From Harta Jodan

This is a picture of the church at Area D at Abila

Hello Everyone,

I am in Harta Jordan. We have found an internet cafe here in the village. It is quite small but seems to work well.



We have set our camp at the school and got all of the equipment out of storage.



Today we had orientation to the site and some lectures.



I gave a lecture on the history of the site of Abila. We also had a lecture about Arab culture and adjusting to living and working in Jordan.

Tomorrow we head out to the site and train people on how to excavate. Also I will give a lecture on archaeological methodology.

We have about 30 people total working at the site.

I will be directing the work at Area A which is on the main tell of the site.



If you would like to know more about the site you can visit this website:

http://www.abila.org/


All is well here so far and we are adjusting well. Three of us will visit Kerak castle a Crusader castle on Saturday. We will also travel to the place where I have excavated in the south Mudaybi on Saturday. I will be taking the student from KCU, Gerald Dyson with me on this trip.

I will try and post again later in the week.

John Wineland
Harta Jordan