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.

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• 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...

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