The Socio-economic History and Material Culture of the Roman and Byzantine Near East: Essays in Honor of S. Thomas Parker

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A collection of essays written in honour of S. Thomas Parker by his former students and colleagues. The essays focus on surveys, material and written culture, the economy, and the Roman military in the Near East. Table of Contents Introduction S. Thomas Parker: Education, Archaeological Field Experience and Publications Abbreviations Archaeological Survey Neolithic Period (ca. 9,700–4,900 BCE) Presence in the Southern Transjordan Plateau, the Southern Ghors, Wadis Fidan and Faynan, and the East Side of Wadi ʿArabah A Revaluation of Iron Age Fortified Sites on the Karak Plateau The roads leading to Zoara in the Roman and Byzantine Periods Material and Written Culture An Assessment and Re-examination of the American Expedition in Petra Excavation in the Residential Area (Area I), 1974–1977: The Early House and Related Ceramic Assemblages Exploring the Egyptian “Frog” Lamps Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba) and the Roman Fortress of Legio IV Martia at el-Lejjūn, Jordan From Opaque to Transparent: Colorless Glass and the Byzantine Revolution in Interior Lighting A Nabataean Inscription from Bir Madkhur With an Excursus on Basileophoric Names and the Nabataean Dynastic Cult Military Following the Roman Paymaster The Modular Planning of Roman Fortifications in the Near East: Principles and Process The Military Presence in Petra during the Roman-Byzantine Period Economy The Economy of Caesarea Palaestinae in Late Antiquity: Structure and Scale “So dearly do we pay for our luxury and our women”: Women and the Margins of the Roman World Human Population Increase and its Effects on the Arid Landscape of Southern Jordan: An Archaeobotanical Study Index