Umm al-Biyara : Excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett in Petra 1960-1965 (Levant Supplementary Series)

Bienkowski, Piotr

Oxbow Books（2011/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781842174395
• DDC分類 939.48

Full Description

Umm al-Biyara, the highest mountain in Petra, southern Jordan, was the first Iron Age Edomite site to be extensively excavated. It was a domestic, unwalled site of stone-built longhouses dating to the 7th-6th centuries BCE. The stratigraphy, pottery, small finds and inscribed material, including the important bulla of Qos-Gabr, King of Edom are described, supplemented by chapters on the use of space and a landscape study of mountain-top sites in the Petra region. The later Nabataean remains on the edge of the summit indicate a major Nabataean complex of buildings, possibly a palace, which would make this the first Nabataean palace in Petra to be explicitly identified.

Contents

1. The Site and its Exploration (Piotr Bienkowski and Katherine Baxter)2. The Stratigraphy (Katherine Baxter)3. A Home High in the Mountains: The Use of Space in Umm al-Biyara (Katherine Baxter)4. The Pottery (Piotr Bienkowski with contributions by Marion F. Oakeshott)5. The Seal Material (Peter van der Veen)6. The Ostracon (Omar al-Ghul)7. The Small Finds (Piotr Bienkowski)8. The Animal Remains (Juliet Clutton-Brock)9. Recent Shells and a Fossil Sea Urchin from Umm al-Biyara (David Reese)10. The Iron Age Landscape of Umm al-Biyara (Piotr Bienkowski)11. Nabataean Structures on Top of Umm al-Biyara (Stephan G. Schmid)12. Conclusions (Piotr Bienkowski)