Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan. / Volume 4, : The early Islamic house / / by P.M. Michele Daviau ; with contributions by Paul-Eugene Dion ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 11/4
• Author: Daviau, P. M. Michele.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dion, Paul-Eugene, 1934-
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 11/4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (572 p.)
• Notes: Vol. 1 published in 2003.; Vol. 1-<2 > has one CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover; volume 4 has a DVD-ROM attached to inside back cover.

Much of the archaeology of Late Antique period remains in Jordan has concentrated on public buildings: churches, mosques, theatres, baths, and their major architectural features, such as mosaic floors. In this fourth report of the excavations at Tall Jawa in central Jordan, a single house with a rich repertoire of pottery, mould-made lamps, glass, and a small coin hoard, appears to span the transition period from the Late Byzantine to the Early Islamic period. Details of the construction of the building itself and of its mosaic pavements, the technology of its ceramic corpus, analysis of its inscribed lamps, painted plaster, objects and a small coin hoard all contribute to an understanding of village life for people during a period of linguistic, religious, and political transition. "The publication of Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 4: The Early Islamic House is an important contribution that adds not only to the growing body of evidence for central Transjordan, but also to our understanding of non-urban Islamic archaeology and the seventh- to eighth-century transition." - Asa Eger, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / P.M.M. Daviau -- Chapter One. Tall Jawa: The Site And Its Setting / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Two. Research Strategy And Recording Techniques / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Three. Field D: Building 600 / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Four. The Mosaic Floors And Their Construction Techniques / Debra C. Foran -- Chapter Five. Painted Plaster In Building 600 / N. J. Johnson -- Chapter Six. Architectural Features In Building 600 / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Seven. The Multiple Burial In Building 600 At Tall Jawa / Margaret A. Judd -- Chapter Eight. The Pottery: A Functional And Formal Typology / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Nine. The Ceramic Lamps From Building 600 / Martin Beckmann and P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Ten. Inscribed Lamps / N. J. Johnson -- Chapter Eleven. Inscribed Vessels, Ostraca, And Plaster / N. J. Johnson -- Chapter Twelve. The Artefacts From Building 600 / P. M. Michèle Daviau , Martin Beckmann and N. J. Johnson -- Chapter Thirteen. The Early Islamic Coin Hoard / Alan Walmsley -- Chapter Fourteen. Glass Vessels And Lamps / Heather A. Siemens -- Chapter Fifteen. The Settlement Of Tall Jawa In The Balqä? Region: Chronological Implications / P. M. Michèle Daviau -- Chapter Sixteen. The Tall Jawa Multimedia Information System / David Hemsworth -- Bibliography / P.M.M. Daviau -- Subject Index / P.M.M. Daviau -- Geographical Name Index (Dvd With List Of Loci, Databases And Associated Illustrations For) / P.M.M. Daviau.