Umm al-Biyara : excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett in Petra 1960-1965 / edited by Piotr Bienkowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bienkowski, Piotr.

Series:

Levant supplementary series ; v. 10.

Levant supplementary series ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Umm al-Biyara Site (Jordan).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan--Umm al-Biyara Site.

Iron age--Jordan--Umm al-Biyara Site.

Iron age.

Jordan--Umm al-Biyara Site.

Bennett, C.-M. (Crystal-M.), 1918-1987.

Bennett, C.-M.

Physical Description:

v, 159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2011]

Summary:

This significant Iron Age mountain-top site was excavated by Bennett beginning in the early 1960s. Still un-published at her death in 1987, the material is presented in 12 chapters written by Bienkowski (U. of Manchester, the UK), Katherine Baxter (curator of archaeology, Leeds Museums and Galleries, England), Omar al-Ghul (Yarmouk U., Jordan), Stephan G. Schmid (Humboldt-U., Berlin, Germany) and other notable archaeologists. The site, its study, the use of space in the site and its buildings, the pottery, seal material, a 7th-century BC Edomite ostracon, the small finds, Iron Age landscape, and later Nabataean structures are among the topics. The volume concludes with a biography of Bennett and her career, and a full bibliography. Not indexed. The volume is oversized (8.25x12") and distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The site and its exploration / Piotr Bienkowski and Katherine Baxter

The stratigraphy / Katherine Baxter

A home high in the mountains : the use of space in Umm al-Biyara / Katherine Baxter

The pottery / Piotr Bienkowski with contributions by Marion F. Oakeshott

The seal material / Peter van der Veen

The Ostracon / Omar al-Ghul

The small finds / Piotr Bienkowski

The animal remains / Juliet Clutton-Brock

Recent shells and a fossil sea urchin from Umm al-Biyara / David S. Reese

The Iron Age landscape of Umm al-Biyara / Piotr Bienkowski

Nabataean structures on top of Umm al-Biyara / Stephan G. Schmid

Appendix 1. Crystal-M. Bennett OBE, DLitt, FSA (1918-1987) / Susan Balderstone

Appendix 2. Crystal Bennett and Umm al-Biyara / Peter J. Parr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781842174395

1842174398

OCLC:

704382575