The Necropolis of Abila of the Decapolis 2019-2021 / / Abdulla Al-Shorman.

• VerfasserIn: Al-Shorman, Abdulla,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)

This is the first comprehensive synthesis of burial types, practices, and evidence for societal collapse in the growing field of bioarchaeology of Jordan, focusing on Abila of the Decapolis, the largest Graeco-Roman city in Jordan with a tremendous wealth of funerary remains.

Table of Contents

Intro -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- ABILA OF THE DECAPOLIS -- THE NECROPOLIS OF ABILA AND TOMB TYPES -- TOMB TYPE IA -- TOMB TYPE IB -- TOMB TYPE II -- TOMB TYPE III -- TOMB TYPE IV -- TOMB TYPE VA -- TOMB TYPE VB -- TOMB TYPE VC -- TOMB TYPE VD -- TOMB TYPE VI -- TOMB TYPE VII -- TOMB TYPE VIII -- TOMB TYPE IX -- TOMB TYPE X -- TOMB TYPE XI -- DESCRIPTION OF ABILA TOMBS -- BURIAL PRACTICES AT ABILA -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF TOMBS -- BURIAL PRACTICES -- THE SKELETAL REMAINS -- THE FALL OF ABILA -- THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE JORDAN -- THE FALL OF ABILA OF THE DECAPOLIS -- BEYOND THE TOMBS -- ABILA: THE WHOLE STORY -- PLANS OF TYPE IA -- PLANS OF TYPE IB -- PLANS OF TYPE II -- PLANS OF TYPE III -- PLANS OF TYPE IV -- PLANS OF TYPE VA -- PLANS OF TYPE VB -- PLANS OF TYPE VC -- PLANS OF TYPE VD -- PLANS OF TYPE VI -- PHOTO OF TYPE VIII -- PLANS OF TYPE IX -- TOMB TYPE X- COLUMBARIA -- TOMB TYPE XI -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Copyright Information -- Blank Page.