ABSTRACT
Between 1979 and 2007,1 directed three survey projects, namely, The Wadi al-Hasa Archaeological Survey (1979–83) (MacDonald et al. 1988), The Tafila-Busayra Archaeological Survey (1999–2001) (MacDonald et al. 2004), and The Ayl to Ras an-Naqab Archaeological Survey (2005–2007) (MacDonald et al. 2005), in the southern segment of the Highlands at the Eastern Rim of the Wadi ‘Arabah-Jordan Graben (Bender 1974: 6–11) or in the area that is known as the Edomite Plateau, namely, the area between Wadi al-Hasa in the north and Ras an-Naqab in the south. In addition, I directed a fourth project, The Southern Ghawrs and Northeast ‘Arabah Archaeological Survey (1985–86) (MacDonald et al. 1992; MacDonald 2006), on the east side of the Wadi ‘Arabah-Dead Sea–Jordan Depression (Bender 1974: 6–11), the territory of which is immediately to the west of the territory covered by the first two of the three above-listed surveys.
