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Excavations at Tell Um Hammad, 1982-1984 : the early assemblages (EB I-II)
- Title
- Excavations at Tell Um Hammad, 1982-1984 : the early assemblages (EB I-II) / edited by A.V.G. Betts ; [text by] S.W. Helms and A. Betts, N. O'Tool.
- Author
- Helms, S. W. (Svend W.)
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [1992], ©1992.
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- Description
- xiv, 425 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This is the second volume outlining the findings of important excavations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It presents the longest and best preserved stratified occupation of the second half of the 4th millennium BC (EB IA and EB IB) at Tell Um Hammad in the central Jordan Valley. For over fifty years this period has been the subject of speculation among scholars of Near Eastern history, who see it as the prelude to the first 'urban' stage in the southern Levant.
- This new work at Tell Um Hammad now gives the first comprehensive set of ceramic, lithic, architectural and stratigraphic data which will form the basis of all further interpretation. Striving towards an explanation of the historical processes between the village economies of the Chalcolithic period and the 'full' Early Bronze Age, this volume will be a standard reference work for both historians and archaeologists of the Near East.
- Series Statement
- Excavations and explorations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Uniform Title
- Excavations and explorations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [416]-425).
- Contents
- Editor's Preface / A.V.G. Betts -- Preface / S.W. Helms -- 1. Introduction / S.W. Helms. Exploration history. Periods of occupation. Tell Um Hammad in EB I A/B - EB II -- 2. Stratigraphy / S.W. Helms. Nature of the evidence. Excavation and exploration strategies. Recording and recovery method. Tell Um Hammad al-Sharqi: the squares. Stratigraphic matrix -- 3. Architecture / S.W. Helms. Introduction. Stages 1 - 4 (Chalcolithic - EB I - EB II). Construction methods -- 4. The Pottery Typology / S.W. Helms. Introduction. Nature of the sample. Analysis of genres and comparative study. Ruweiha and other related sites. Distribution of genres. Repertoires. Correlation with Glueck and Mellaart. Special features. Summary -- 5. The Chipped Stone Assemblage / A.V.G. Betts. The Early Bronze Age I/II assemblage. The Early Bronze Age IV assemblage. Discussion -- 6. Other Finds / N. O'Tool. Diagnostic objects -- 7. Conclusion / A.G.V. Betts and S.W. Helms. Introduction. Stratigraphy and architecture. Pottery. Lithics.
- Summary.
- ISBN
- 0748603360 :
- LCCN
- 93116836
- OCLC
- ocm29430094
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries