A collection of essays written in honour of S. Thomas Parker by his former students and colleagues. The essays focus on surveys, material and written culture, the economy, and the Roman military in the Near East.
Inhalt
Introduction WALTER D. WARD (vii)
S. Thomas Parker: Education, Archaeological Field Experience and Publications (xxi)
Abbreviations (xli)
Neolithic Period (ca. 9,700-4,900 BCE)
Archaeological Survey
Presence in the Southern Transjordan Plateau, the Southern Ghors, Wadis Fidan and Faynan, and the East Side of Wadi Arabah BURTON MACDONALD (3)
A Revaluation of Iron Age Fortified Sites on the Karak Plateau STEPHANIE H. BROWN (35)
The roads leading to Zoara in the Roman and Byzantine Periods CHAIM BEN-DAVID (63)
Material and Written Culture
An Assessment and Re-examination of the American Expedition in Petra Excavation in the Residential Area (Area I), 1974-1977: The Early House and Related Ceramic Assemblages TALI ERICKSON-GINI & CHRISTOPHER A. TUTTLE (91)
Exploring the Egyptian "Frog" Lamps Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba) and the Roman Fortress of Legio IV Martia at el-Lejjun, Jordan ERIC C. LAPP (151)
From Opaque to Transparent: Colorless Glass and the Byzantine Revolution in Interior Lighting JANET DUNCAN JONES (165)
A Nabataean Inscription from Bir Madkhur With an Excursus on Basileophoric Names and the Nabataean Dynastic Cult DAVID F. GRAF & ANDREW SMITH II (185)
Following the Roman Paymaster JOHN W. BETLYON (225)
Military
The Modular Planning of Roman Fortifications in the Near East: Principles and Process JOHN PETER OLESON (237)
The Military Presence in Petra during the Roman-Byzantine
Period ZBIGNIEW T. FIEMA (273)
Economy
The Economy of Caesarea Palaestinae in Late Antiquity: Structure and Scale KENNETH G. HOLUM (291)
"So dearly do we pay for our luxury and our women": Women and the Margins of the Roman World ELIZABETH ANN POLLARD (327)
Human Population Increase and its Effects on the Arid Landscape of Southern Jordan: An Archaeobotanical Study JENNIFER RAMSAY (349)
Index (385)