Douglas Clark

S. Thomas Parker

Bethany Walker

Moawiyah Ibrahim

Andrea Polcaro

Suzanne Richard

Larry Herr

Marta D'Andrea

Jehad Haron

Gloria London

Stephan Bourke

Adeeb Abushmais

Khairieh Amr

Debra Foran

Alan Walmsley

Micaela Sinibaldi

Basem Mahamid

The volume incorporates the latest information available from current scholars in the field of ceramic analysis of the pottery forms of Jordan. It features introductory chapters on the history of Jordan, ceramic technology and typology, social and economic connections of pottery, and the sourcing of clay. These are followed by thirteen chapters on the pottery of the archaeological periods of Jordan (Pottery Neolithic through the Late Islamic Period). Concluding the manual are extensive bibliographies for each period and an extensive glossary. Accompanying each period chapter are maps of Jordan identifying all the sites mentioned in the chapter. Spiral bound.158 pp.; illus.

A Manual

The Pottery of Jordan

Geoffrey A. Clark

Burton MacDonald

Hani Hayaineh

Jurg Eggler

D. Scott Quaintance

"The objectives of the Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan project were: to discover, record, and interpret archaeological sites in an area of approximately 590 km 2 between Shammakh in the north and Ayl in the south in the southern segment of the Transjordan Plateau; to determine the area's settlement patterns from the Lower Paleolithic (ca. 1.4 mya) to the end of the Late Islamic period (AD 1918); to investigate the Pleistocene (as late as ca. 10,000 B.C.) sediments and lakes in the eastern segment of the survey territory; to document the many farms, hamlets, and villages that provisioned the major international sites of the area, for example, Ash-Shawbak, Petra, and Udhruh; to investigate further the Khatt Shabib or Shabib's Wall, a low stone wall running in a generally north-south direction through the area; to record the inscriptions, rock drawings, and wasms (tribal brands) within the area; and to link up with previous work that the project director and others have carried out in southern Jordan. These objectives were accomplished by the transecting of 108 random squares and the documenting of 366 sites that range in date from the Lower Paleaolithic to the end of the Late Islamic period. Analysis of the materials, primarily lithics and sherds, collected in the random squares and at the sites indicate that the area experienced its highest density of population during the Middle Paleolithic, Neolithic/Chalcolithic, Iron II, Nabataean and Roman, Byzantine, and Late Islamic periods. Relative to the settlement patterns of the area, it can be concluded that the area was a rural one where the chief activities were agriculture and pastoralism. The many farms, hamlets, villages, and camp sites documented show that the area most probably provisioned, during various archaeological periods, the major international sites of the area. The project has particular relevance for understanding the major site of Petra during the Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine periods. In addition, it is important relative to the site of Udhruh during these three periods plus the Early and Late Islamic periods and the site of ash-Shawbak, located immediately to the north of the project's territory, during the Middle Islamic period. Finally, the project contributed to the writing of the archaeological history of southern Jordan from Wadi al-Hasa in the north to Ras an-Naqab in the south and from the desert on the east to the international border between Jordan and Israel on the west"--Amazon.com.

The Shammakh to Ayl Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan (2010-2012)

Larry Herr

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