The Harra and the Hamad: Excavations and Explorations in Eastern JordanEastern Jordan is divided environmentally into two sectors: the rocky basalt Harra to the west and the open gravel plains of the Hamad to the east. This is the first in a series of three reports on fieldwork carried out in this region from 1979 to 1991, presenting evidence for the Epipalaeolithic periods and Neolithic hunting stations in the Harra associated with the use of desert 'kites'. This volume also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan, which lies between the Aral and the Caspian Seas. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Epipaleolithic Periods | 11 |
Stratigraphy and Construction 37 | 31 |
List of Plates | |
Chipped Stone 59 | |
Stage 2 core preparation and rejuvenation pieces 77 | 4-2 |
Ground Stone 121 | |
Pottery Miscellaneous Objects and Imported Items 135 | 13 |
Arrowshaped structures in the AraloCaspian steppe 207 | |
Conclusion 225 | |
PLATES 245 | 3 |
feature AL 246 | 4 |
squares 4200 4100 general view of pavement at base of Stage 2 247 | 5 |
a Fabric impressed plaster b Cotton fibres embedded in plaster x300 248 | 6 |
Dhuweila two horned animals facing right incised on cobble 249 | 11 |
Rock Carvings 143 | |
The Animal Bones 159 | 5 |
2a The relative proportions of taxa for each phase and stage of occupation at Dhuweila 160 | 6 |
Botanical Remains 185 | 11 |
Area Survey 191 | 9 |
Abu Masiade eshSharqi two horned animals facing left wavy parallel 250 | 12 |
parenchymatous tissues of the 251 | 13 |
parenchyma cells 251 | |
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analysis angles animals appear arrow-shaped arrowheads artefacts ashy assemblage associated Azraq backed Baird basalt bead Betts Bifacial blade bladelet blank bone broken brown burins carvings Chipped stone consists contexts continued Cortical counts crested demonstrate Dhuweila Early Neolithic edge elements enclosure Epipaleolithic evidence examples excavated exterior facing Figure flake fragments gazelle grinding ground handstone harra hunting identified incised on cobble included indicate interior Jebel Jilat kite Late Neolithic later levels lines loose measurements Natufian nature naviform cores Non-cortical occupation occupation deposits occur Partly pattern period phase pieces platform points possible PPNB preparation present probably production proportions range raw material reduction strategy relatively remains represented result retouch rock sample scrapers sensu shape shows side similar single soil species Stage structures suggests surface Table tabular tool truncation Wadi walls
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| Title | The Harra and the Hamad: Excavations and Explorations in Eastern Jordan Volume 1 of Excavations and explorations in Eastern Jordan Sheffield Archaeological Monographs Volume 1 of The Harra and the Hamad: Excavations and Surveys in Eastern Jordan |
| Editor | A. V. G. Betts |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1850756147, 9781850756149 |
| Length | 252 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / General |
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