Madaba Plains Project 2

Includes field stratigraphy reports of the glacis defense system, an Iron Age architectural complex, and the water system, as well as analyses of ceramic and small finds. Exceptional studies of ceramic technology and the modern pottery industry. 306 photos, 37 maps, 137 tables, 54 plans, 55 pottery plates, specialist data reports, and locus summaries.

About the Madaba Series

The Madaba Plains region in central Jordan is located in the highlands to the east of the Dead Sea’s northern end. It is a broad plain on the central Transjordanian plateau near the modern city of Madaba. The Madaba Plains Project series reports on seasonal findings from the excavations at Tall al-’Umayri and vicinity conducted by a consortium of colleges and universities principally sponsored by Andrews University. In its field reports and descriptions of the various seasons, this series provides analyses of such aspects as the food and water systems, sedentarization, nomadization, ancient environment, and ceramic and small finds. Among their many figures and illustrations, these volumes include photos, maps, pottery plates, and section drawings. Editors for the series include Douglas R. Clark, Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, Øystein S. LaBianca, and Randall W. Younker.

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Preface
Dedication

Part One: Overview
CHAPTER 1: An Overview of the 1987 Season of Excavation and Survey in the Madaba Plains by Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, Øystein S. LaBianca, and Randall W. Younker

Part Two: Tell El-Umeiri
CHAPTER 2: Organization of Excavation and Summary of Results on the Tell by Larry G. Herr
CHAPTER 3: Field A: The Ammonite Citadel by John I. Lawlor
CHAPTER 4: Field B: The Western Defense System by Douglas R. Clark
CHAPTER 5: Field C: The Northern Suburb by James R. Battenfield
CHAPTER 6: Field D: The Lower Southern Terrace by P. M. Michèle Daviau
CHAPTER 7: Field E: The Water System by James R. Battenfield
CHAPTER 8: Field F: The Eastern Shelf by Russanne D. Low
CHAPTER 9: Pottery Typology and Chronology by Larry G. Herr (with notes by Nancy Lapp and Jane C. Waldbaum)
CHAPTER 10: The Objects by Elizabeth E. Platt

Part Three: Vicinity
CHAPTER 11: An Introduction to the 1987 Tell el-Umeiri Hinterland Surveys and Excavations by Øystein S. LaBianca
CHAPTER 12: The Judgment Survey by Randall W. Younker
CHAPTER 13: Architectural Remains from the Hinterland Survey by Randall W. Younker
CHAPTER 14: Limekilns from the Regional Survey by Gary L. Christopherson
CHAPTER 15: A Note on Seasonally Occupied Cave Villages by Øystein S. LaBianca
CHAPTER 16: The Necropolis at Tell el-Umeiri (East) by Howard P. Krug
CHAPTER 17: Preliminary Comments on the Geology of the Tell el-Umeiri Region by Douglas W. Schnurrenberger

Part Four: Subsequent Studies
CHAPTER 18: The Seal of Shimaz by Larry G. Herr
CHAPTER 19: The Scarab Seal Impression by Donald B. Redford
CHAPTER 20: The Bronze Ptolemaic Coin of Rujm Selim by James E. Miller
CHAPTER 21: Aspects of Early Bronze and Late Iron Age Ceramic Technology at Tell el-Umeiri by Gloria A. London
CHAPTER 22: An Ethnoarchaeological Survey of Potters in Jordan by Gloria A. London and Marlene Sinclair
CHAPTER 23: Preliminary Petrographic Analysis of Pottery from Tell el-Umeiri and Hinterland Sites, 1987 by Gloria A. London, Heather Plint and Jennifer Smith

Appendices
APPENDIX A: Tell el-Umeiri Field Locus Sheets by R. William Cash and Warren C. Trenchard
APPENDIX B: Tell el-Umeiri Specialist Reports by R. William Cash and Randall W. Younker

Index

Title: Madaba Plains Project 2: The 1987 Season at Tell el-Umeiri & Vicinity & Subsequent Studies
Authors: Larry G. Herr, Lawrence T. Geraty, Øystein S. Labianca and Randall W. Younker
ISBN-13: 978-0-943872-98-8
Year: 1991
Pages: 633