{"product_id":"the-archaeology-of-the-ostraca-house-at-israelite-samaria-9780897570954","title":"The Archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Caesarea Mithraeum (sanctuary or temple of the god Mithras) is only one of two excavated from eastern half of the Empire. Includes new photographs, plans and section drawings; catalogues the small finds from the vault, and technical details about the recovery of information about frescoes and how the excavations were completed. 76 illus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - Introduction and Background\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA. The Site: Physical Setting and Early History\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eB. The Backstory: Early Challenges for the Harvard Expedition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eC. The Harvard Expedition: Excavation Strategy, Methods, and Ensuing Challenges\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. 1908 Fieldwork\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. 1909 Fieldwork\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. 1910 Fieldwork\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eD. Summary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - Horizontal Axis: The Ostraca Building's Original Footprint and Surrounding Area\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA. The Ostraca House\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Wall A: Ahab's \"Main Wall\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. The Ostraca House: Entrance Halls, Storerooms, and Eastern Corridors (Long-Rooms)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Reconstructions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Later Additions (?)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eB. The Osorkon House\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eC. Problems North and East of the Ostraca and Osorkon Houses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eD. Summary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - Vertical Axis: The Ostraca Building's Complex Depositional History\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA. Stratigraphic Analysis: Summary of Sections Published by the Harvard Expedition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eB. Stratigraphic Analysis: Discussion of Sections Relevant to the Ostraca House\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Principal Longitudinal Section CD\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Principal Lateral Section GH\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Subsidiary Lateral Section AB\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eC. Summary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 - Ceramic Considerations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA. The Harvard Excavations and the Joint Expedition: Collating the Data\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eB. Reisner's Presentation of Pottery: A Meager Repertoire\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eC. The 1910 Ostraca: Spatial Distribution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eD. The 1910 Ostraca: Typological Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eE. The 1910 Ostraca-related Pottery: Typological Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eF. The 1910 Ostraca and Ostraca-related Pottery: Comparative Ceramic Analysis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Epigraphic Pottery\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Bowl Types Representing Parallels for Ostraca Pottery Forms\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Non-epigraphic Pottery from the Same Findspots as the Ostraca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Comments on Some Jar Types Associated with Ostraca Pottery Forms\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eG. Summary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 - The Samaria Ostraca and Modern Scholarship\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 - Back to the Backstory: The Characters and Concerns behind the Harvard Expedition to Samaria\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A - Ostraca: Provenance Data and Vessel Descriptions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B - Ostraca: Sequence of Discovery\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix C - Non-epigraphic Pottery with Provenance Data Matching those of the Ostraca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix D - D. G. Lyon's Report to the President of Harvard University for the Academic Year 1898-1899, Showing the Financial Generosity of Jakob Heinrich Schiff\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix E - Reisner's Field Drawings of Selected Ostraca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlates\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndices\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBiblical References\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAuthor Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSubject Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e             \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American Society of Overseas Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884985725271,"sku":"9780897570954","price":72.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-archaeology-of-the-ostraca-house-at-israelite-samaria-9780897570954","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}