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Book SynopsisIn 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 ContentsPreface 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
