The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan : Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980 ­ 1989: Volumes 1 & 2

by: Parker, S.Th.

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Until the 1980s, the Roman frontier in modern Jordan was among the least studied of the empire's far-flung border regions. From 1980 until 1989, the Limes Arabicus Project investigated the frontier east of the Dead Sea. Excavation focused on the late Roman legionary fortress of el-Lejjun as well as soundings of four smaller but contemporaneous forts. The project's regional survey recorded over five hundred other archaeological sites in the area, dating from the Paleolithic to the Late Islamic periods. This report presents detailed results from the excavated forts, a broad range of material cultural evidence from animal bones to bedouin burials, and provides a synthesis of the history of this frontier, which witnessed the first confrontation between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of Islam.

Contents
Volume 1
List of Abbreviations xi
List of Figures xii
List of Plates xviii
List of Tables xxv
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction 5
S. Thomas Parker
PART II: THE SURVEY
2. The Regional Survey 25
Vincent A. Clark, Frank L. Koucky, and S. Thomas Parker
PART III: THE LEGIONARY FORTRESS OF el-LejJU/N
3. The Legionary Fortress of el-Lejju¯n 111
S. Thomas Parker
4. The Principia of el-Lejju¯n (Area A) 123
Andrea Lain and S. Thomas Parker
5. The Barracks at el-Lejju¯n (Areas K, L, R, and B.6) 161
Jennifer C.Groot, Jennifer E. Jones, and S. Thomas Parker
6. The Fortifications of el-Lejju¯n (Area C) 187
Bert de Vries, Victoria Godwin, and Andrea Lain
7. The Legionary Bath (Area C.10) 213
Bert de Vries and Andrea Lain
8. Rooms along the Via Principalis (Area N) 227
Robert Schick
9. The Horreum at el-Lejju¯n (Area M) 235 Patricia Crawford
10. The Lime Kiln (Area O) 241 Bert de Vries, Andrea Lain, and Robert Schick
PART IV: THE VICUS (CANABAE) OF el-LejJU/N
11. The East Vicus Building (Area P) 247 Patricia Crawford and S. Thomas
Parker
12. The Vicus Temple (Area Q) 259 Vincent A. Clark
13. The Watermills in Wadi el-Lejju¯n 271 Bert de Vries
PART V. SOUNDING OF OTHER SITES
14. The Castellum of DaÑja¯niya (Area T) 275 Victoria L. Godwin
Volume 2
PART VI: REPORTS ON MATERIAL CULTURE
15. The Small Finds 293 Joann McDaniel
16. The Pottery 331 S. Thomas Parker
17. Late Islamic Ceramic Sequences from el-Lejju¯n: Stratigraphic and Historical Contexts 375
Robin M. Brown
18. The Glass 395 Janet Duncan Jones
19. The Coins 417 John Wilson Betlyon
20. Evidence of Iron-working at el-Lejju¯n: Metallographic and Chemical Analyses 449
of Slags from the Area B Barrack Frank L. Koucky and Eric C. Lapp
21. The Plant Remains 459 Patricia Crawford
22. Livestock and Limitanei: The Zooarchaeological Evidence 469 Michael R.
Toplyn

23. The Human Osteological Remains 515 Andrea Lain
PART VII: HISTORICAL CONCLUSION
24. History of the Roman Frontier East of the Dead Sea 527 S. Thomas Parker


Bibliography 585

Series:
Dumbarton Oaks studies, 40

2 volumes (xxiv, 617 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan : Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980 ­ 1989: Volumes 1 & 2

by: Parker, S.Th.

• ISBN-13: 9780884022985 / 978-0-88402-298-5
• ISBN-03: 0884022986 / 0-88402-298-6
• Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., 2006

Price: 147,00 EURO

1 copy in stock