Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan. Volume 4, The early Islamic house / by P.M. Michele Daviau ; with contributions by Paul-Eugene Dion ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daviau, P. M. Michèle.

Contributor:

Dion, Paul-Eugène, 1934-

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 11/4.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 11/4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan--Jawa, Tall (Amman).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Iron age--Jordan--Jawa, Tall (Amman).

Iron age.

Jawa, Tall (Amman, Jordan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P.M.M. Daviau

Chapter One. Tall Jawa: The Site And Its Setting / P. M. Michèle Daviau

Chapter Two. Research Strategy And Recording Techniques / P. M. Michèle Daviau

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

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 , Martin Beckmann and N. J. Johnson

Chapter Thirteen. The Early Islamic Coin Hoard / Alan Walmsley

Chapter Fourteen. Glass Vessels And Lamps / Heather A. Siemens

Chapter Fifteen. The Settlement Of Tall Jawa In The Balqä? Region: Chronological Implications / P. M. Michèle Daviau

Chapter Sixteen. The Tall Jawa Multimedia Information System / David Hemsworth

Bibliography / P.M.M. Daviau

Subject Index / P.M.M. Daviau

Geographical Name Index (Dvd With List Of Loci, Databases And Associated Illustrations For) / P.M.M. Daviau.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-60191-1

9786612601910

90-474-2896-X

OCLC:

604629387

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175525.i-540 DOI