Jordan
An Archaeological Reader
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-1-84553-037-2 (ISBN)
Description
Jordan: An Archaeological Reader provides a detailed survey of the human occupation of Jordan from the Palaeolithic through to the end of the Ottoman period. The volume is introduced by a brief history of the development of archaeology in Jordan and an overview of the evolving landscape and environment of the country, followed by fifteen chapters as chronological summaries of the principal archaeological periods.
The primary intent of this volume is to provide an introductory textbook for students of archaeology in general and Levantine and Near Eastern Archaeology in particular, as well as a companion volume for interested amateurs and tourists.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
164 black and white half tones and line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1147 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84553-037-2 (9781845530372)
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Person
Russell Adams is Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, at McMaster University, Canada.
Content
1. Archaeology in Jordan: A Brief History (Russell Adams)2. Evolving Landscape and Environment in Jordan (Phillip G. Macumber)3. The Paleolithic Period, Including the Epipalaeolithic (Deborah Olszwewski, University of Pennsylvania)4. The Neolithic Period (Gary Rollefson, Whitman College)5. The Chalcolithic Period (Stephen Bourke, University of Sydney)6. The Early Bronze Age I-III (Graham Philip, Durham University)7. The Early Bronze Age IV (Gaetano Palumbo, World Monuments Fund)8. The Middle Bronze Age (Steven Falconer, Arizona State University)9. The Late Bronze Age (John Strange, University of Copenhagen)10. The Iron Age (Larry Herr, Canadian University College, and Mohammed Najjar)11 The Persian Period (Piotr Bienkowski, University of Manchester)12. The Hellenistic Period and the Nabataeans (Stephen Schmid, University of Montpellier)13 The Roman Period (Philip Freeman, University of Liverpool)14 The Byzantine Period (Pamela Watson, University of New England)15. The Umayyad and Abbasid Periods (Donald Whitcomb, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)16. The Middle Islamic and Crusader Periods (Alan Walmsley, University of Copenhagen)17. The Ottoman Period (Alison McQuitty)