Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan /
Much of the archaeology of Late Antique period remains in Jordan has concentrated on public buildings: churches, mosques, theatres, baths, and their major architectural features, such as mosaic floors. In this fourth report of the excavations at Tall Jawa in central Jordan, a single house with a ric...
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Language: English
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Boston ; Leiden :
Brill,
2002-<2010 >.
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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
11/4.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004222724.
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Call Number: DS159.9.J39 D39 2002
| Summary: | Much of the archaeology of Late Antique period remains in Jordan has concentrated on public buildings: churches, mosques, theatres, baths, and their major architectural features, such as mosaic floors. In this fourth report of the excavations at Tall Jawa in central Jordan, a single house with a rich repertoire of pottery, mould-made lamps, glass, and a small coin hoard, appears to span the transition period from the Late Byzantine to the Early Islamic period. Details of the construction of the building itself and of its mosaic pavements, the technology of its ceramic corpus, analysis of its inscribed lamps, painted plaster, objects and a small coin hoard all contribute to an understanding of village life for people during a period of linguistic, religious, and political transition. "The publication of Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 4: The Early Islamic House is an important contribution that adds not only to the growing body of evidence for central Transjordan, but also to our understanding of non-urban Islamic archaeology and the seventh- to eighth-century transition." - Asa Eger, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
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| Item Description: | Vol. 1 published in 2003. Vol. 1-<2 > has one CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover; volume 4 has a DVD-ROM attached to inside back cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Format: | System requiremements: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000; MS Access 2000. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047428961 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |