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Show I lie auit cane tribune, Sunday, October 1 1, l'iMZ Modern Technology Finds Ancient T roa VW sures in Jordan JL as Jim Dctjcn Knight-IUdd- i r Newspapers When giave ITIILADGLIHIA rubbers began selling 3, pottery on the Jordanian black market in 1970, the activity aroused the curiosity of archaeologists The fine craftsmanship of the relies indicated a culture far more sophisticated than was known to exist in the Baq'ah Valley during the era when Moses, Joshua and David By cesium a of such fictional archaeologists as Indiana Jones of Haiders of the Lost Ark. McGovern has the painstaking demeanor of a chemist Along with the excavation tools of magnetometer, ing adventurism McGovern directed the search of an area 12 miles northwest o I Amman, Jordan, The researchers crisscrossed the site, retarding tiny fluctuations in the earths magnetism. With this data they pinpointed the likely locations of undistuibed caves In WHO, when excavation on work began, they discovered their first attempt - a cave untouched for more than 30 centuries containing 78 whole vessels, bronze jewelry and among the earliest steel artifacts ever found. Most importantly, the relics provided clues to the way people lived during that early biblical pra One in a New Breed McGovern is one in a new breed of aiehaeologists that combines an understanding of human cultures wilh thi knowledge of advanced leelniologv Instead of the swagger - lived But how could archaeologists track down the burial eaves from where the pottery came to learn more about life during these early biblical times? And how could they lie sure robbers hadnt already looted them? Kilter Dr 1atnck K. McGovern ul the I'niversity of Pennsylvania and the tools of modern science. si nit a polelike instrument known I the traditional archaeologist, uses magnetometers, and compuproton beams. ters McGovern is a scientist at the I'niversity Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, considered by many to be the nations leading research center for scientific archaeology. It is here in a basement office that the bearded, 37ear-olseienlisl carries out mii'i of his work. "At MASCA we are pursuing a new dimension in archaeology. said Dr. Stuart Fleming, scientific director of the Philadelphia laboratory. 'T'sing advanced scien McGovern tific instruments, we are trying to bring archaeology off of the page. Were not just trying to dot the is. By studying diseases and the anof glass, cient technologies ceramics and metals, were trying to understand how people lived." MeCiovern acknowledged that its nut always easy to retain cool scientific objectivity when studying the literal bedrock of Western civilization "Youre obviously excited when you sec something that nobody else has seen for 4,00 years," he said. Exceptional Pottery McGovern first became in studying Jordanian ar - rasa JUST Your Choico Of hr Ml TIME FOR HALLOWEEN IN chaeology when pottery of exceptional quality began appearing on the antiquities market in Amman. Jordans capital and largest city. The artifacts had important implications because archaeologists had until then believed that only nomads had Inhabited the north-SePage 8, Column I 4: Eds,' 'kif c IMS, p 01 i Shop Sunday 11 In Lay Away! i to 5 p.m. aso., Higdon,. lv ONE WEEK ONLY OFF REGULAR PRICES OUR COMPLETE SELECTION fabrics fcallloweesii PATTERNS See our fantastic selection of this years fun fabrics. AND COSTUME PRICES EFFECTIVE ONE WEEK QNL Y. OCT 1 23 7 THRU OFF REGULAR PRICES ALL OVF75T777? Junior Including See and Sew. 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