The 2003-2007 Excavations in the Late Roman Fort at Yotvata / / Gwyn Davies, Jodi Magness.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Davies, Gwyn,; Magness, Jodi,
• MitwirkendeR: Davies, Gwyn,; Elkins, Nathan T.,; Halbmaier, Rebecca,; Magness, Jodi,; Ramsay, Jennifer,; Ratzlaff, Alexandra,; Swan, Carolyn,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

The Late Roman fort at Yotvata is located in the southern Arava some 40 km north of Eilat/Aqaba (ancient Aila). The modern Hebrew name of the site is based on its suggested identification with biblical Jotbathah (Deut 10:7), where the Israelites encamped during their desert wanderings. The modern Arabic name of the site, Ein Ghadian, may preserve the ancient Roman name Ad Dianam. Because the Late Roman fort at Yotvata is visible as a low mound next to the Arava road, it has long been known to scholars. Each June between 2003 and 2007, Gwyn Davies (Florida International University) and Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) co-directed excavations here. This volume provides the results of those excavations, adding substantially to our knowledge of Roman defenses in the third and fourth centuries of the Common Era, along the trade route that traversed the southern Arava and on the eastern frontier of the Empire.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The 2003-2007 Excavations: Architecture and Stratigraphy -- Chapter 2. The Pottery -- Chapter 3. The Glass -- Chapter 4. The Coins -- Chapter 5. The Militaria and Small Finds -- Chapter 6. The Faunal Remains -- Chapter 7. The Archaeobotanical Remains -- Appendix 1. Complete Locus List -- Appendix 2. Wall List -- Appendix 3. Critical Loci List