Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 410 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781789693904
Content:
This volume is the first of three which chart the temporal and spatial occupational fluctuations at the site of Khirbat Faris in Southern Jordan and the stories of the communities that lived there. The excavation report follows the site and its environs throughout their many phases of use and occupation, from the 13th century BC to the present day.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents Page -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Appendices -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- with support of the Council for British Research in the Levant -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Appendices -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- Alison McQuitty -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Alison McQuitty -- Figure 1.1 Regional plan. -- Figure 1.2 Area plan around Khirbat Faris. -- Figure 1.3 Aerial view of Khirbat Tadun to left of modern track and Khirbat Faris APAAME_20070417_DLK-0051 © David L. Kennedy, Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East. -- Figure 1.4 Plan of the Kerak Plateau. -- Figure 1.5 The Complex Continuum between Nomad and Farmer. -- Figure 1.6 Aerial view of Al Qasr temple looking northwest. The outline walls of the temple and sanctuary are on the left of the image. The houses in which the carvings illustrated in 1.7 and 1.8 are located are on the right. Compare this image with Figur -- Figure 1.7 Al Qasr: arch springer reusing a lion carving from a Nabatean temple. -- Figure 1.8 Al Qasr: arch springer reusing a Helios carving from a Nabatean temple. -- Figure 1.9 2016: looking south across Khirbat Faris showing modern buildings and orchards encroaching on the site. House 1 is to the right of the image. Contrast this with Figure 2.2, taken in 1998.. -- Chapter 2: Excavation Methodology -- Alison McQuitty -- Figure 2.1 Site plan of Khirbat Faris -- Figure 2.2 Looking northwest at House 1 -- Figure 2.3 Looking north, inside House 2. The front scale rests against the grain-bin/rawiyah SG2100. -- Figure 2.4 Far IV/Khan. Looking east at end wall of vault, SG2061, and the later window, SG2063. The scale rests on the 1989 ground level.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781789693898
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781789693898
Language:
English
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