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1 online resource (396 p.) |
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Monograph Series of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology |
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Introduction : The Yotvata Oasis / Ze'ev Meshel -- Section I. Yotvata Hill -- The iron I "fortress" and other remains / Lily Singer-Avitz -- Part I: The Site in Context. -- Yotvata : a fortress on a road junction / Uzi Avner -- Part II: Architectural Remains -- The excavations and architectural compnents / Lily Singer-Avitz -- Part III: Artifacts. -- The pottery assemblage of the iron age 1 / Lily Singer-Avitz -- Petrographic analysis of the iron I pottery / David Ben-Shlomo -- The ceramic finds from the Nabataean built tomb / Tali Erickson-Gini -- The chipped stone collections : lithic perspectives on an oasis site in the Arabah / Steve A Rosen -- Shell artifacts / Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer -- Worked wooden objects from the Iron Age I / Yigal Sitry -- A wood coffin from the Nabataean built tomb / Yigal Sitry -- Cords and basketry from the Iron I and textiles from Nabatean built tomb / Naama Sukenik, Orit Shamir -- Part IV: Ecofacts. -- Archaeobotanical remains from the Iron Age I "fortress" and the Nabatean built tomb / Nili Liphschitz -- Charcoal samples from the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze I settlement / Mark Cavanagh, Mordechay Benzaquen, Dafna Langgut -- Dendroarchaeological report on the coffin from the Nabatean built tomb / Mordechay Benzaquen, Dafna Langgut -- Iron Iand Chalcolithic/Early Bronze I fauna / Liora Kolska Horwitz -- Radiocarbon dates / Israel Carmi, Dror Segal, Linda Scott-Cummings, Peter Kovik, Uzi Avner -- Part V: Concluding Remarks. -- Mas s eboth (standing stones) in gates / Uzi Avner -- Summary and conclusions / Lily Singer-Avitz -- Addendum : later excavations in the Nabataean built tomb / Uzi Avner -- List of loci -- Section II: The Early Islamic Settlement / Etan Ayalon -- Part VI: Architectural Remains. -- Architecture and stratigraphy / Etan Ayalon -- Part VII: Artifacts. -- The pottery / Itamar Taxel -- Perfecting local production of desert pottery : petrographic analysis of early Islamic wares / Paula Waiman-Barak, Willie Ondricek -- Stone and metal objects / Itamar Taxel -- Glass finds / Ruth Jackson-Tal -- The osraca / Nitzan Amitai-Preiss -- The coins / Nitzan Amitai-Preiss, Ariel Berman -- Textile, textile impressions and a plait / Orit Shamir -- Part VIII: Ecofacts. -- Identification of dyes / Naama Sukenik, Zohar Amar, David Ilu -- Archaeobotanical remains from the early Islamic site / Nili Liphschitz -- Faunal remains / Vered Kishon, Shlomo Helbing -- Molluscs / Hank K. Meinis -- Part IX: Concluding Remarks. -- Discussion and conclusions / Itamar Taxel, Ze'ev Meshel, Itamar Taxel -- List of loci |
| Summary |
This book presents the final report of the excavations at Yotvata, the largest oasis in the Arabah Valley, conducted by the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University in 1974-1980 under the direction of Dr. Zeʼev Meshel. The report covers two central sites: a fortified Iron I site and an Early Islamic settlement. The Iron I remains consist of an irregular casemate wall surrounding a courtyard. The location of this site suggests that the settlement was established in order to protect the water sources and to overlook and supervise the nearby crossroads. Based on the relative proximity of the site to Timna, it may be concluded that the oasis formed the main source of water and wood for the population involved in copper production in that region.The rich finds uncovered at the Early Islamic settlement--including a large courtyard building and a nearby bathhouse, among other structures--point to habitation from the end of the seventh to the early ninth century CE. The proximity of the settlement to a sophisticated irrigation system (qanat) and the administrative/economic ostraca discovered at the site suggest that it served as the center of an agricultural estate owned by an elite Muslim family. Among the unique finds is a large assemblage of locally produced, handmade pottery, which is thoroughly studied here.The findings from the excavations at the Yotvata oasis have made a major contribution to the study of Early Islamic settlement and material culture in the greater Arabah region and beyond |
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Early Islamic settlement history |
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Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University |
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Yotvata excavations |
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fortified Iron I site |
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material culture in the greater Arabah region |
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In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Yoṭvatah
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Iron age -- Israel -- Yoṭvatah
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Iron age
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Yoṭvatah (Israel) -- Antiquities
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Israel -- Yoṭvatah
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Amar, Zohar, contributor.
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Amitai-Preiss, Nitzan, contributor.
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Avner, Uzi, contributor.
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Ayalon, Etan, author.
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Ayalon, Etan, contributor.
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Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E., contributor.
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Ben-Shlomo, David, contributor.
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Benzaquen, Mordechay, contributor.
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Berman, Ariel, contributor.
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Carmi, Israel, contributor.
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Cavanagh, Mark, contributor.
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Cummings, Linda Scott, contributor.
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Erickson-Gini, Tali, contributor.
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Greener, Aaron, contributor.
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Hellwing, Shlomo, contributor.
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Iluz, David, contributor.
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Jackson-Tal, Ruth E., contributor.
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Kishon, Vered, contributor.
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Kolska Horwitz, Liora, contributor.
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Kováčik, Peter, contributor.
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Langgut, Dafna, contributor.
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Liphschitz, Nili, contributor.
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Meshel, Zeʼev, contributor.
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Mienis, Henk K., contributor.
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Ondricek, Willie, contributor.
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Rosen, Steven A, contributor.
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Segal, Dror, contributor.
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Shamir, Orit, contributor.
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Singer-Avitz, Lily, contributor.
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Sitry, Yigal, contributor.
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Sukenik, Naama, contributor.
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Taxel, Itamar, contributor.
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Waiman-Barak, Paula, contributor.
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| ISBN |
9781646022601 |
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1646022602 |
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