The camp is located a short drive away from the site near the dead sea (2002 Field House). The field expereince at Dhra' also gives student a unique opportunity to visit other sites of archaeological interest in Jordan. In the pastpeople have visited sites such as Petra and visited neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebannon.

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Camp Conditions:
Most likely we will be living near Kerak (1.5 hours south of Amman), or in the Jordan Valley near the site. Jordanians are relaxed and very welcoming and accommodating to foreigners. However, the pleasantness of our stay in Jordan will be dependent upon our respecting the local customs. Our team cannot openly display some of our western and more offensive habits in public: this includes drinking in public, dressing in anything other than a modest fashion (no shorts or sleeveless shirts, for instance), and playing loud music in a public context. Our presence alone will be enough to attract attention from the townspeople and local officials, so it would be nice to minimize additional awareness of our work, and maintain a good relationship with our neighbors and hosts.
We will be renting an apartment or house. We will have one or two cubic-meter water tanks, but we may still quickly exhaust the available water supply. Therefore we will probably have to come up with some reasonable restrictions on its use so that everyone gets fair access to showers and that there is enough for cooking, artifact-washing, flotation, etc. Crew members will also have to share sleeping space (proibly multiple students in rooms), which will most likely be segregated by males and females, or sleep in tents outside. The apartment or house is likely to be sparsely furnished, and we will be renting additional camping and cooking equipment from the CBRL.

Camp Routine:
Apart from excavation and recording chores, or such work as flotation, photography, illustration, or analysis of bones, there are several things that have to get done around camp. We will get up around 5:30 am (or earlier) to eat a quick breakfast, to pack an on-site breakfast, and to load the truck so as to be on the road at c. 6:00 am. Breakfast at the house will normally be very simple and up to individuals to prepare for themselves (bread and jam with tea/coffee).

We will take a break for snacks while in the field at about 9:30 am and stop work around 1:00/1:30 to go home and eat lunch. After a break of a few hours we will be continuing with excavations and conducting lab analysis. Depending upon conditions and how things are going with the excavations students will be assigned to go back to the field or participate in laboratory work. Washing and preliminary sorting of lithics, bones, and other artifacts will take place in the lab in the afternoon. Our main meal of the day will occur sometime in the early evening. Our work week will probably run from Saturday to Thursday, with Friday as a free day to travel and/or rest.

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