Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza Excavations. Volume III: The Roman and Byzantine periods : small finds from the Roman refuse dump and other contexts

Description

XXI- 214 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm. This volume is the third in a series describing the results of salvage excavations conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza. This third volume presents the small finds of the Early Roman to Byzantine periods, most of which originated in the 'Roman refuse dump', a fill deposited into an abandoned quarry during infrastructure work, and then sealed by the paving stones of the Eastern Cardo. The well-preserved and securely dated finds (70-130 CE) can be clearly attributed to the Roman army. The volume describes the numerous quarries at the site that shaped the surface topograph. Contents: Front Matter -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Part 1: The Quarries -- Chapter 1: Remains of Quarrying Activities below the Eastern Cardo -- Part 2: Finds from the Roman Refuse Dump and Related Context -- Chapter 2: Glass Finds -- Chapter 3: Glass Finds from the 2017 Excavation Season -- Chapter 4: Chalk Artifacts -- Chapter 5: A Flan Mold -- Chapter 6: Fresco Fragments -- Chapter 7: Groundstone Objects -- Chapter 8: Metal Objects -- Chapter 9: Three Military Bread Stamps -- Chapter 10: A Military Stamp Impression of the Roman Tenth Legion from the 2017 Excavation Season -- Chapter 11: Faunal Remains -- Chapter 12: Radiocarbon Dating of the Roman Refuse Dump and the Eastern Cardo -- Part 3: Finds from Other Contexts -- Chapter 13: Opus Sectile Tiles -- Chapter 14: Coins from the 2017-2018 Seasons -- Chapter 15: Molluscs -- Chapter 16: Byzantine Stone Architectural Elements, Furniture and Small Finds -- Appendix 1: List of Loci and Walls -- Appendix 2: List of Selected Loci -- List of IAA Reports