Lutfi Khalil

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Jordan

In this study, the composition, corrosion, and microstructure of a group of four copper alloy artifacts excavated from the Byzantine cemetery at the Khirbet Yajuz archaeological site, Jordan, were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) analyses of a necklace, a bracelet, a paten, and a...

This study discusses a multi-analytical exploration of the chemical composition, microstructural properties and corrosion inhibiting treatment for a decorated Byzantine brass censer from Umm Zuwaytinah, Amman. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed cuprite, brochantite, malachite, atacamite, zincite, and zinc chloride hydroxide as the corrosion pr...

Khirbet Yajuz is located in central Jordan on the southern slope of a hill approximately 11 km northwest of Amman. The excavations at the site have revealed many architectural features and artifacts and indicated that it was occupied during the Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, and Abbasid periods. This study aimed to investigate the corrosion and microst...

In this study, we test the applicability of luminescence dating to geo-archaeological sediments from a “tell” (mound) formation. Combined quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and K-feldspar infrared-stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating were applied to eight sediment samples taken from the Tell al-Magass archaeological site in southern Jo...

Tell Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan, situated at the northern periphery of modern Aqaba in southern Jordan, is one of the most important sites in Levantine archeology spanning the transitional period from late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age times. Numerous stone structures spread out in the surrounding area of the prehistoric settlement were interpreted as...

The southern Levant has to be regarded as an important centre of early metallurgy; in this region, the rise of this technological innovation appears closely connected to intensified exchange networks of increasing significance. Recent fieldwork and research undertaken by the University of Jordan and the Orient Department of the German Archaeologica...

The continuous record of large surface-rupturing earthquakes along the Dead Sea fault brings unprecedented insights for paleoseismic and archaeoseismic research. In most recent studies, paleoseismic trenching documents the late Holocene faulting activity, while tectonic geomorphology addresses the long-term behavior (10 ka), with a tendency to smoo...

The continuous record of large surface-rupturing earthquakes along the Dead Sea fault brings unprecedented insights for paleoseismic and archaeoseismic research. In most recent studies, paleoseismic trenching documents the late Holocene faulting activity, while tectonic geomorphology addresses the long-term behavior (> 10 ka), with a tendency to sm...

An important assemblage of Early Islamic pottery was retrieved from Area E at Khirbat Yajuz. The pottery includes bowls, cups, basins, cooking pots, lids, jars, jugs, pithoi and storage jars. Decoration included painted, incised, thumb-impressed and cut ware. One complete and 23 fragments of lamps were decorated with geometric and floral designs, a...

Ten intact glass vessels were retrieved from Khirbat Yajuz cemetery during the 1996 excavations. They include five jars, two flasks, a fish-shaped vessel and two miniature jugs. Their shapes, colours and techniques are studied. The vessels were either free-blown or blown in a mould, except for the miniature jugs which were made by core-winding. Jar...

Two wine presses were discovered at Khirbet Yajuz, each consisting of the following: storage and treading basins, treading floor with remnants of mechanical pressing systems, and vats for sedimentation and collecting. Considering the architectural elements, the technological evidence of pressing, the parallel examples from various sites in the regi...

A tomb was discovered recently in the course of digging the foundations of a private house in the southern part of Umm Udaina. The site lies about 1 km. north-west of the sixth circle in Amman. Immediately rescue excavations were undertaken by a team from the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman....

Tell El-'Ajjul (ancient Gaza) is located about four miles south-west of modern Gaza. It was excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie between 1930 and 1934. Owing to the fact that excavation techniques and methods of dating pottery were less well established at that time, caution must be taken in accepting the published dates. Five of the weapons described...