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A Village from the Roman and Islamic Periods in the Eastern Jordan Valley: Excavations at Tell Abu Sarbut 2012 - 2015
Margreet L. Steiner, Eveline J. van der Steen, Noor Mulder-Hymans and Jeannette Boertien
From 2012 to 2015, a team of scholars under the auspices of Groningen University excavated at Tell Abu Sarbut in the Eastern Jordan Valley. They uncovered Early Roman, Early Islamic and Middle Islamic remains. The Early Roman occupation was unexpected, as this period had not been documented in regional surveys or when the site was last excavated in 1988-1992. Evidence suggests the inhabitants of the estate or village had strong ties with Jewish communities west of the River Jordan. The three-meter-thick deposit of Early Islamic occupation showed the region’s interaction with the wider Islamic world. Middle Islamic remains had been extensively excavated in the earlier excavation as well.
The publication includes studies on architecture, pottery and other finds, as well as the occupational history of the site.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Of Related Interest
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Contents
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List of Figures and Plates
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List of Tables and Appendices
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Preface
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1. Introduction
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1.1. Site location
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1.2. Previous work on the tell
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1.3. The renewed excavations 2012–2015
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1.4. Stratigraphic method
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1.5. Levels
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1.6. Stratigraphy
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1.7. This publication
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1.8. Acknowledgements
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1.9. Looting
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1.10. Publications on the 1988–1992 excavations of Tell Abu Sarbut
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1.11. Publications on the 2012–2015 excavations
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Stratigraphy and Architecture
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2. Stratum I Early Roman Occupation
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2.1. Stratum Ia: Earliest occupation in test trench in square G
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2.2. Stratum Ib: Building A and Courtyard B
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2.2.1. Building A
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2.2.2. Courtyard B
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3. Stratum II Early Islamic Occupation
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3.1. Stratum IIa
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3.1.1. Building C
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3.1.2. Other occupational remains
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3.2. Stratum IIb
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3.2.1. Courtyard D
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3.2.2. Building E in square F
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3.3. Stratum IIc Building E phases 2-6
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3.3.1. Building E - phase 2
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3.3.2. Building E - phase 3
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3.3.3. Building E - phase 4
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3.3.4. Building E - phase 5
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3.3.5. Building E - phase 6
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4. Stratum III Middle Islamic Occupation
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4.1. Building F
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4.2. Walls and pits in Squares H-east and N
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4.3. Building G
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4.4. Walls and floors in Square F
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Ceramics
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5. The Roman Pottery: Selected Vessels
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5.1. Jars, juglets and small bowls from Stratum Ib
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5.2. Cooking pots from Stratum Ib
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5.2.1. Typology
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5.2.2. Distribution
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5.2.3. Function of the cooking vessels
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5.2.4. Conclusion
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5.3. Oil lamps
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5.3.1. Complete lamps
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5.3.2. Fragments
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6. The Early Islamic Pottery
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6.1. Pottery corpus
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6.1.1. Brittle Coarse Cooking ware (BCCW)
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6.1.2. Coarse Cooking Ware (CCW)
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6.1.3. Coarse Grey Cooking Ware (CGCW)
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6.1.4. Glazed Cooking Ware (GCW)
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6.1.5. Unglazed Pale Jar Ware (UPJW)
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6.1.6. Fine Byzantine Ware (FBW)
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6.1.7. Fine Salmon Ware (FSW)
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6.1.8. Islamic Cream Ware (ICW)
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6.1.9. Geometric Painted Wares (GPW)
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6.1.10. Slipped Wares (SW)
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6.1.11. Plain Common Ware (PW)
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6.1.12. Burnished Fine Ware (BFW)
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6.1.13. Oil Lamp Ware
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6.1.14. Coarse Handmade Ware
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6.2. Chronological sequence of pottery from Tell Abu Sarbut
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6.2.1. Stratum IIa
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6.2.2. Stratum IIb
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6.2.3. Stratum IIc
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6.3. Discussion and concluding remarks
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Appendix 6.1: Catalogue of Selected Early Islamic Pottery from Tell Abu Sarbut
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7. The Middle Islamic Pottery
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7.1. The Contexts
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7.1.1. Building F
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7.1.2. Pit N17
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7.1.3. Building G and surroundings
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7.2. Pottery discussion
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7.2.1. Handmade Geometric Painted Ware
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7.2.2. Wheel-made, glazed pottery
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7.2.3. Fritware
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7.2.4. Moulded ware
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7.3. Conclusions
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8. Compositional and Technological Analysis of Some Cooking Pots
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8.1. Method and Samples
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8.2. Macroscopic Analysis
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8.3. Microscopic Analysis
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8.3.1. Fabric A: ʻCoarse Mudstone and Quartz’
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8.3.2. Fabric B: ʻCoarse Quartz’
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8.3.3. Fabric C: ʻFine’
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8.4. Discussion of the fabrics
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8.4.1. Fabrics A-C
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8.4.2. Iron Age fabrics
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Various Studies
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9. The Limestone Vessels
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9.1. The vessels
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9.1.1. Cups and bowls
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9.2. Technology
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9.2.1. Hand-carved vessels
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9.2.2. Lathe-turned vessels
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9.3. Contexts
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9.4. Comparative material
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9.5. The artefacts and the Early Roman inhabitants of Tell Abu Sarbut
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10. Faunal Remains
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10.1. Method
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10.2. Faunal Remains from the Early Roman layers
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10.2.1. Domesticated animals
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10.2.2. Birds
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10.2.3. The burned dog
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10.2.4. Discussion and conclusion
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10.3. Material from the Early Islamic layers
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10.3.1. Floor F212 (Stratum IIa)
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10.3.2. Pit F193 (Stratum IIc, Building E phase 2)
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10.4. Conclusion
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11. Botanical Remains
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11.1. Method
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11.2. Early Roman period
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11.3. Early Islamic period
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11.4. Middle Islamic period
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11.5. Conclusion
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Conclusions
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12. Settlement History of Tell Abu Sarbut
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12.1. Early Roman occupation
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12.2. Early Islamic period
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12.3. Middle Islamic period
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Bibliography
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Back Cover
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Published: 2023
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407361055 (paper)
- 9781407361062 (ebook)
BAR Number: S3155
- Ceramics and Pottery Studies
- Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
- Multiperiod
- Roman
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles etc.)
- Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
- Levant / Near East
- Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
- Archaeozoology / Bioarchaeology / Osteoarchaeology