Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan: Volume 2: The Iron Age Artefacts (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 11.2)

This volume presents a functional and typological study of the Iron Age artefacts recovered during six years of excavation at the site of Tall Jawa, in central Jordan. The introduction presents information on the recording and classification system used to identify artefact types. The main chapter presents each category of artefact with examples of the most representative items, and their parallels from sites in Israel and Syria. Examples include jewellery, figurines, weapons, food processing tools, and tools used in a variety of crafts and industries. A CD-ROM is included, containing the database and illustrations of all registered items dating to the Iron Age (100-600 BC). P.M. MICHÈLE DAVIAU EXCAVATIONS AT TALL JAWA, JORDAN - Volume II: The Iron Age Artefacts 4 Contents 8 Preface 16 List of Illustrations 20 List of Tables 26 Chapter 1. The Site and Its Artefacts 27 Introduction 27 Excavations at Tall Jawa 28 Excavation Strategy and Results 29 Stratigraphy 30 Artefacts of Daily Life 32 Chapter 2. Artefact Classification and Typology 45 Introduction 45 Registration Procedures 46 Classification System for the Tall Jawa Objects 46 Annotation System 48 Curating the Artefacts 49 Artefact Corpus 49 I. Adornment 49 II. Art and Religious Symbolism 77 III. Communication and Economy 110 IV. Craft and Industry 116 V. Cultic or High Status Containers 142 VI. Food Processing Tools 148 VII. Leisure 188 VIII. Military Defence 193 IX. Storage 199 X. Textile Production 206 XI. Weighing 227 XII. Miscellaneous 236 Chapter 3. The Ostracon from Building 800 294 Chapter 4. Shells and Fossils from Tall Jawa 302 Chapter 5. Analysis of Iron Projectile Points from Tall Jawa 318 Chapter 6. Functional Analysis of Food Preparation Tools: The Use of Chert Spheroids 323 Chapter 7. Implications for Chronology 340 Chapter 8. Multimedia Information Systems in Archaeology: The Tall Jawa Artefact Database on CD-ROM 343 Bibliography 359 Index 387 Subject Index 387 A 387 B 387 C 387 D 388 E 388 F 388 G 388 H 389 I 389 J 389 K 389 L 389 M 389 N 389 O 390 P 390 Q 390 R 390 S 391 T 391 U 391 V 392 W 392 Z 392 Geographical Name Index 393 A 393 B 393 C 393 E 393 G 393 H 393 I 393 J 393 K 394 L 394 M 394 N 394 P 394 R 394 S 394 T 394 U 395 W 395 Z 395 Back Matter 397 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 V. 1. The Iron Age Town -- V.2. The Iron Age Artefacts -- V. 4. The Early Islamic House -- V. 5. Survey, Zooarchaeology And Ethnoarchaeology / James R. Battenfield, P.m. Michèle Daviau, Susan Ellis And Peter P.w. Popkin ; Edited By P.m. Michèle Daviau ; Contributions By Martin Beckmann [and Seven Others] By P.m. Michèle Daviau ; With Contributions By Paul-eugène Dion ... [et Al.]. Vol. 1- Has One Cd-rom In Pocket Attached To Inside Back Cover. Vol. 1 Published In 2003. These Studies Illuminate Aspects Of Family And Town Life In The Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine And Late Ottoman–early Mandate Periods In Central Jordan.--publisher's Website. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. System Requiremements For Accompanying Cd-roms: Ibm-pc Or Equivalent; Windows 95/98/me/nt/2000; Ms Access 2000; Adobe Acrobat Reader; Cd-rom Drive. System Requirements For Accompanying Dvd-rom: Pc; 128 Mb Ram (512 Mb Recommended Especially For Newer Operating Systems); 60 Mb Of Hard Drive Space For Program (images Are Accessed From The Dvd); Windows Xp/vista; Dvd Drive.