Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction: Project Objectives and Excavation Areas (J.P. Oleson, R. Schick)   

2. The System of Ceramics Analysis and Reporting (K. ‘Amr, J.P. Oleson, V.E. Holmqvist-Saukkonen)

3. The Nabataean Campground (Field C124) (J.P. Oleson)

4. The Necropolis (Field A) (J.P. Oleson, J. Somogyi)

5. Field F102:  Nabataean Cistern, Byzantine Church, and Early Islamic House (J.P. Oleson, K. ‘Amr)

6. Field B100:  Byzantine Church and Early Islamic House (J.P. Oleson)

7. Field C101:  Byzantine Church (R. Schick)

8. Field C119: Byzantine Church (R. Schick)

9. Field B126: Byzantine Church (R. Schick)

10. Human, Animal, and Plant Remains (M. Perry, M.Y. Najjar, M. Finnegan, D.L. Reese, J. Ramsay)

11. Tomb Groups (J.P. Oleson, L. Shumka, J. Ramsay)

12. Metal Finds, Coins, Bone, Ivory, Shell, Plaster, and Terracotta Objects (J.P. Oleson, E. De Bruijn, D. Dudley, M. Smith)

13. Ecclesiastical Marble, Inscriptions, and Miscellaneous Stone Finds (R. Schick, J.P. Oleson, K. al-Bashaireh, D. Graf, N. Herz, G. Rowe)

14. Glass (J. Jones)

15. Analysis and Conclusions (J.P. Oleson, R. Schick)

Bibliography

About the Author

John Peter Oleson, an archaeologist and Classics scholar, is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada, where he has taught since 1976.

Robert Schick is an archaeologist and historian active in Jordan since 1980.He is currently a research fellow at the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, writing the report of an old excavation of the Byzantine and Early Islamic remains in the Madaba Archaeological Park.

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