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Edited by Daviau, P.M. Michèle; By (author) Battenfield James R.; By (author) Ellis Susan; By (author) Popkin, Peter R.W.
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Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 5, presents additional studies in regional survey, salvage excavation, zooarchaeology, ceramic typology, experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology by members of the Madaba Plains and Tall Jawa Projects.
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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.
Table of contents:
PrefaceList of Tables, Charts and AppendicesList of IllustrationsPART ONE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGYCHAPTER 1. The Site in its Surroundings, P. M. Michèle Daviau and James R. BattenfieldCHAPTER 2. Survey, Documentation and Excavation in Fields S and L, James R. BattenfieldCHAPTER 3. Survey, Documentation and Excavation in Field M, James R. BattenfieldCHAPTER 4. Excavations in Field M: Grape Treading Floor M2 and Cave M13, Jennifer L. Groves, James R. Battenfield and P. M. Michèle DaviauCHAPTER 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. JuddPART TWO: SPECIAL STUDIES CHAPTER 6. Random Coins and Inscribed Objects, N. J. Johnson, with contributions by Robert Weir and P. M. Michèle DaviauCHAPTER 7. Pottery and Objects from Various Periods, P. M. Michèle Daviau PART THREE: ZOOARCHAEOLEOGY AND ETHNOARCHAEOLOGYCHAPTER 8. Iron Age Animal Management at Tall Jawa, Peter R. W. PopkinCHAPTER 9. Traditional Methods of Cooking: The Evidence from Ethnography and Experimental Archaeology, P. M. Michèle Daviau with contributions by Joanne K. Hasan and Laurie CowellChapter 10 . Domestic Ottoman Architecture in Jordan, Susan EllisPART 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 DaviauThe Faunal Database, Appendices and Images, P. R. W. PopkinDatabase and Illustrations of the Survey and Ethnographic Studies, P. M. Michèle Daviau and Helen MooreTall Jawa over Time, P. M. Michèle DaviauComprehensive bibliographyIndex
Biographical note:
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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