The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan. Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project 1980–1989

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Author(s): S. Thomas Parker
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Reaserch Library and Collection
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 496
City: Washington

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
Index 000