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Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan. Volume 4: The Early Islamic House

By Michele Daviau

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2009
ISBN
9789047428961, 9789004175525, 904742896X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9572913 bytes)
Pages
572\559
Time added
2021-11-19 04:38:46

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This book presents the fourth volume of excavations of a Late Antique house in central Jordan, with a detailed study of its construction and contents including its mosaic floors, pottery, coins, inscribed lamps in Greek and Arabic as an example of material culture during a period of cultural change. CONTENTS Preface Excavation and Survey Team Members List of Tables, Charts, and Appendices List of Illustrations PART ONE OVERVIEW Chapter One Tall Jawa: The Site and Its Setting (P. M. Michèle Daviau) Chapter Two Research Strategy and Recording Techniques (P. M. Michèle Daviau) PART TWO STRATIGRAPHIC EXCAVATION OF BUILDING Chapter Three Field D: Building 600 (P. M. Michèle Daviau) Chapter Four The Mosaic Floors and Their Construction Techniques (Debra C. Foran) Chapter Five Painted Plaster in Building 600 (N. J. Johnson) Chapter Six Architectural Features in Building 600 (P. M. Michèle Daviau) Chapter Seven The Multiple Burial in Building 600 at Tall Jawa (Margaret A. Judd) PART THREE POTTERY AND ARTEFACTS Chapter Eight The Pottery: A Functional and Formal Typology (P. M. Michèle Daviau) Chapter Nine The Ceramic Lamps from Building 600 (Martin Beckmann and P. M. Michèle Daviau) Chapter Ten Inscribed Lamps (N. J. Johnson) Chapter Eleven Inscribed Vessels, Ostraca, and Plaster (N. J. Johnson) Chapter Twelve The Artefacts from Building 600 (P. M. Michèle Daviau with Martin Beckmann and N. J. Johnson) Chapter Thirteen The Early Islamic Coin Hoard (Alan Walmsley) Chapter Fourteen Glass Vessels and Lamps (Heather A. Siemens) PART FOUR CONCLUSIONS Chapter Fifteen The Settlement of Tall Jawa in the Balqä? Region: Chronological Implications (P. M. Michèle Daviau) PART FIVE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMME Chapter Sixteen The Tall Jawa Multimedia Information System (David Hemsworth) Bibliography Subject Index Geographical Name Index (DVD with List of Loci, Databases and associated Illustrations for)

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