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In Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 5, the authors present their research in the areas of regional survey, salvage excavation, zooarchaeology, ceramic typology, experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. This work illustrates areas threatened and later destroyed by modern development and is a contribution to heritage documentation. These studies illuminate aspects of family and town life in the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Late Ottoman–Early Mandate periods in central Jordan.

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Author:   James R. Battenfield ,  Susan Ellis ,  Peter R.W. Popkin ,  P.M. Michèle Daviau
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   11/5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.017kg
ISBN:  

9789004316195

ISBN 10:   9004316191
Pages:   574
Publication Date:   19 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Tables, Charts and Appendices List of Illustrations PART ONE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY CHAPTER 1. The Site in its Surroundings, P. M. Michèle Daviau and James R. Battenfield CHAPTER 2. Survey, Documentation and Excavation in Fields S and L, James R. Battenfield CHAPTER 3. Survey, Documentation and Excavation in Field M, James R. Battenfield CHAPTER 4. Excavations in Field M: Grape Treading Floor M2 and Cave M13, Jennifer L. Groves, James R. Battenfield and P. M. Michèle Daviau CHAPTER 5. A Roman Period Tomb at Tall Jawa: Excavations in 1994 and 1995, James R. Battenfield, Martin Beckmann, P. M. Michèle Daviau and Margaret A. Judd PART TWO: SPECIAL STUDIES CHAPTER 6. Random Coins and Inscribed Objects, N. J. Johnson, with contributions by Robert Weir and P. M. Michèle Daviau CHAPTER 7. Pottery and Objects from Various Periods, P. M. Michèle Daviau PART THREE: ZOOARCHAEOLEOGY AND ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY CHAPTER 8. Iron Age Animal Management at Tall Jawa, Peter R. W. Popkin CHAPTER 9. Traditional Methods of Cooking: The Evidence from Ethnography and Experimental Archaeology, P. M. Michèle Daviau with contributions by Joanne K. Hasan and Laurie Cowell Chapter 10 . Domestic Ottoman Architecture in Jordan, Susan Ellis PART FOUR: The Tall Jawa Online Archive at http://downloads.wlu.ca/TallJawa5 The Lithic Database and Images, C. M. Foley, U. Liname and P. M. Michèle Daviau The Faunal Database, Appendices and Images, P. R. W. Popkin Database and Illustrations of the Survey and Ethnographic Studies, P. M. Michèle Daviau and Helen Moore Tall Jawa over Time, P. M. Michèle Daviau Comprehensive bibliography Index

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P. M. Michèle Daviau, Ph.D. (1990, University of Toronto) is retired Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has directed and published three volumes on the excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan (2002, 2003, 2010), and directs the Wadi ath-Thamad Project of excavation and survey in northern Moab. James R. Battenfield, Ph.D. was Supervisor of the Madaba Plains Project Survey in 1989 and subsequently a team member of the Tall Jawa Project. Susan Ellis, Ph.D was a team members of the Tall Jawa Project and director of ethnographic research. Peter R. W. Popkin, Ph.D. (University College London) was a supervisor at Khirbat al-Mudayna (Thamad) and responsible for analysis of the faunal collections from Tall Jawa and Mudayna Thamad.

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