Aspects of tomb architecture in Petra : a reflection of Nabataean craftsmanship and building techniques

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from: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 08

Published: 2004

Pages: (511)

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Table of Contents

Historical and archaeological study on olive oil production in antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean in light of the `Abdūn press installation Cereal production during the nineteenth century and its effect on Transjordanian life : a short study of multiculturalism A behavioral approach to society and culture : a search for new classifications in South Levantine Bronze Age archaeology Petra : north ridge project Excavation, restoration and presentation of Tall al-`Umayrī (Mādabā plains project) 1998-2000 or Telling, untelling and retelling the story of Tall al-`Umayrī The Upper Paleolithic of Wādī al-Ḥasā, Jordan Chocolate-on-white ware : tomb and tall vessel typology at Pella A Middle Bronze Age model shrine or Granary from the Ḥawrān : evidence for cult practice in Eastern Jordan The formation of Middle Paleolithic landscapes in Wādī al-Ḥammah St. Aaron revisited : the Finnish excavations at Jabal Hārūn near Petra Archaeological information from the Petra papyri Nabataean identity and ethnicity : the epigraphic perspective Ancient tunnel systems in northern Jordan Human skeletons, identity and the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age transitional period The discovery of the first Abbasid milestone in ''Bilād ash-Shām'' From the Tobiads to the Hasmoneans : the Hellenistic pottery, coins, and history in the regions of `Irāq al-Amīr and the Wādī Ḥisbān Late Hellenistic and early Roman pottery of Gerasa in view of international norms in the Eastern Mediterranean Settlement in the Jarash basin and its wider context : a proposal for fieldwork and a research project to interpret and explain settlement and landuse in north-west Jordan Tall Juḥfiyah and neighbouring sites : part of an Iron-Age trade-, defense- or communication system? The Jabal Hārūn survey : settlement history and land use in the area Beyond the Roman annexation : the continuity of the Nabataean pottery tradition Trade, frontiers and the Limes Palestinae Some theoritical issues concerning the rise of the Edomite Kingdom : searching for ''pre-modern identities'' The middle phases at Abū Ḥāmid and the Wādī Rabāḥ horizon The Ṭafīla-Buṣayra archaeological survey, west-central Jordan : phases 1, 2, and 3 (1999, 2000, and 2001 seasons) The history and archaeology of Jordan : the second millennium BC The founding, development, and social interaction of the ancient Church in Jordan Unusual features of Middle Bronze Age military architecture at Tall ar-Rukays, Jordan The earliest farmers ? Archaeobotanical research at pre-pottery Neolithic A sites in Jordan Hellenistic-Imperial animal sculpture in south Syria : between ''foreign influence'' and ''independence'' Should visitor access to sites ever be limited for reasons of conservation ? If so, how can access and conservation be reconciled Refining Paleolithic land-use models from west-central Jordan ''Romanization'' at Hawara (al-Ḥumayma) ? The character of ''Roman'' culture at a desert fortress Ancient Arabs, Jews and Greeks on the shores of the Dead Sea Identification of some archaeological Nabataean sites in north-west Saudi Arabia Lithic production at the pre pottery Neolithic A, site of Ẓahrat adh-Dhrā` 2 and its context The south theatre at Jarash   Aspects of tomb architecture in Petra : a reflection of Nabataean craftsmanship and building techniques The archaeological site of Abila : between local community and public awareness Ethnicity during the Neolithic : a mosaic of cultures The distribution of Nabataean pottery and the organisation of Nabataean long distance trade Jordan between Mesopotamia and Egypt in the Bronze and Iron Ages Life and death of settlements in Jordan, ancient and modern Food storage, sustainability and land use at Iktānū in the late third millennium From Burckhardt to Bell : what does the 19th century AD tell us about the Iron Age? How Hellenised was Pella in Jordan in the Hellenistic period? Churches in urban context in the fifth-eighth centuries in Jordan and Palestine The hermit caves in Bethany beyond the Jordan (baptism site) Cultural identity and wine production in northern Jordan