The Archaeology and History of Jerash
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Jerash Papers, vol. 11
The History and Pottery of a Middle Islamic Settlement in the Northwest Quarter of Jerash
Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project V
Alex Peterson
- Pages: xxviii + 246 p.
- Size:216 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:331 b/w, 192 col., 3 tables b/w., 10 maps b/w, 1 maps color
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2023
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-60335-3
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BIO
Dr. Alex Peterson is from New Hampshire in the USA and developed a love for archaeology after travelling the world with the military and through graduate studies. He earned his PhD from the University of Aarhus, where he was a researcher at the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Urban Network Evolutions and part of the Ceramics in Context project. Dr. Peterson now lives in Hawaii where he works as an archaeologist with the Defence POW/MIA Agency.
Summary
In 2015, the Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project working in Jerash uncovered a Middle Islamic farmstead. Subsequent excavations revealed that this settlement, far from marking a decline at the site, is in fact indicative of a broader active and dynamic rural community living within the ancient urban landscape of Jerash.
This volume offers an in-depth focus on this Islamic settlement, with a particular focus on the ceramic material yielded by the site, which is here fully quantified and contextually analysed alongside historical sources. Through this approach, the author has reconstructed a new synthesis of Middle Islamic settlement history, shedding new light on the economic and social structures of a rural community in northern Jordan, as well as establishing a typology that can be used to refine the chronologies of Middle Islamic Jerash.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Plates
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Jerash جرش
Chapter 3. Overview of the Pottery from the Northwest Quarter
Chapter 4. Contextual Analysis of the Middle Islamic Ceramics
Chapter 5. Developing the Middle Islamic Ceramic Typology for Jerash and Examining it within its Wider Regional Context
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Catalogue of Middle Islamic Ceramics from the Northwest Quarter of Jerash
Handmade Geometric Painted Ware
Plain Unpainted Handmade Ware
Cooking Vessels
Glazed Ware Vessels
Wheelmade Vessels
Miscellaneous Objects
Works Cited
Index
