The following account is based on a series of scientific publications including: Konstantinos D. Politis, “Survey and Rescue Collections in the Ghawr as-Safi,” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ) 42 (1998), pp. 627–634; Konstantinos D. Politis, Amanda Kelly, Rebecca Foote and Daniel Hull, “Survey and Excavations in the Ghor es-Safi, 2004,” ADAJ 49 (2005), pp. 313–326; Konstantinos D. Politis, Margaret O’Hea, Georgios Papaioannou and Adamandios Sampson, “Survey and Excavations in the Ghawr as-Safi 2006–07,” ADAJ 51 (2007), pp. 199–210; Konstantinos D. Politis, Adamandios Sampson and Margaret O’Hea, “Survey and Excavations in the Ghawr as-Safi 2008–09,” ADAJ 53 (2009), pp. 297–309.