Bâb edh-Dhrâ': Excavations at the Town Site (1975-1981), 2 part set : : Part 1: Text; Part 2: Plates (including CD-ROM) / / Walter E. Rast, R. Thomas Schaub.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Rast, Walter E.,; Schaub, R. Thomas,
• MitwirkendeR: Adovasio, J. M.,; Andrews, R. L.,; Broeder, Nancy H.,; Catherine, H.,; Donahue, Jack,; Harlan, Jack R.,; Illingworth, J. S.,; Lapp, Nancy,; Lee, John R,; Maddin, R.,; McConaughy, Mark A.,; McCreery, David W.,; Muhly, J. D.,; Oliver, E. A.,; Pappas, C. A,; Short, Susan K,; Skinner, W.,; Stech, T.,; Weinstein, James M.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Reports of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The important Early Bronze Age site of Bâb edh-Dhrâ', on the lisan near the Dead Sea in Jordan, was first excavated by Paul W. Lapp in the 1960s. The first volume of the Reports of the Expedition described the burial practices and artifacts revealed in the 1965-67 Bab edh-Dhra' excavations directed by Lapp. This second volume reports on the four seasons of excavation, from 1975-81, at the town site, directed by Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub. It focuses on the lifeways of the Early Bronze Age peoples who inhabited the site during the Early Bronze Age. The stratigraphy and changing architectural practices of five major phases are fully documented and interpreted, with extensive plans and sections. Alternating chapters trace the development of the ceramic sequences, accompanied by innovative statistical analyses of the wares, forms, types, and function of the town assemblage. The results of the ceramic studies are compared to the contemporary cemetery ceramic sequences and other important excavated Early Bronze Age sites such as Arad, Jericho, Ai, Megiddo, and Tel Yarmuth. A series of integrated studies based on the town site sequences focuses on the adaptive agricultural practices of the Early Bronze Age people, revealed through the paleobotanical evidence, pollen analysis, and the ground stone industry. Specialized studies on the chert tools, metals, jewelry, and glyptic art offer new insights into the cultural patterns that distinguish this period. A new series of C14 dates helps to situate the Jordanian material within the contemporary cultural sequences of the fourth and third millennia in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SUPPORTERS OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA PLAIN, JORDAN -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1 THE 1975-1981 EXCAVATIONS AT THE TOWN SITE OF BÂB EDH-DHRº -- 2 GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY -- 3 NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE BÂB EDH-DHRº REGION -- 4 THE SHAFT TOMB PASTORALISTS OF STRATUM V -- 5 THE POTTERY OF STRATUM V -- 6 THE STRATUM IV VILLAGE -- 7 THE POTTERY OF STRATUM IV -- 8 THE STRATUM III TOWN -- 9 THE POTTERY OF STRATUM III -- 10 THE STRATUM II TOWN -- 11 THE POTTERY OF STRATUM II -- 12 THE STRATUM I OCCUPATION -- 13 THE POTTERY OF STRATUM I -- 14 THE PALEOETHNOBOTANY OF BÂB EDH-DHRº -- 15 PALYNOLOGY OF THE TOWN SITE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS -- 16 CHIPPED STONE TOOLS AT BÂB EDH-DHRº -- 17 METALLURGICAL STUDIES ON COPPER ARTIFACTS FROM BÂB EDH-DHRº -- 18 CYLINDER SEALS, IMPRESSIONS, AND INCISED SHERDS -- 19 JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTS -- 20 BASKETRY IMPRESSIONS AND WEAVING ACCOUTREMENTS FROM THE BÂB EDH-DHRº TOWN SITE -- 21 WORKED STONES -- 22 A NEW SET OF RADIOCARBON DATES FROM THE TOWN SITE -- Front Matter 2 -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF PLATES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Field Staffs of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, 1975-1981 -- Appendix B. Publication Support Staff -- Appendix C. Registered Objects of Bâb edh-Dhr⺠Town Site -- Appendix D. Ground Stone Registered Objects -- Appendix E. Location of Diagnostic Sherds from the Bâb edh-Dhr⺠Town Site -- Appendix F. Coded Soil and Ware Colors (Munsell) -- Appendix G. Basic Form Classifications of the Town Site