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1 online resource (iv, vi, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps (colour). |
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Access archaeology
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Also issued in print: 2022. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Zielgruppe: Specialized. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive synthesis of burial types, practices, and evidence for societal collapse in the growing field of bioarchaeology of Jordan, focusing on Abila of the Decapolis, the largest Graeco-Roman city in Jordan with a tremendous wealth of funerary remains. |
| Contents |
Intro -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- ABILA OF THE DECAPOLIS -- THE NECROPOLIS OF ABILA AND TOMB TYPES -- TOMB TYPE IA -- TOMB TYPE IB -- TOMB TYPE II -- TOMB TYPE III -- TOMB TYPE IV -- TOMB TYPE VA -- TOMB TYPE VB -- TOMB TYPE VC -- TOMB TYPE VD -- TOMB TYPE VI -- TOMB TYPE VII -- TOMB TYPE VIII -- TOMB TYPE IX -- TOMB TYPE X -- TOMB TYPE XI -- DESCRIPTION OF ABILA TOMBS -- BURIAL PRACTICES AT ABILA -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF TOMBS -- BURIAL PRACTICES -- THE SKELETAL REMAINS -- THE FALL OF ABILA -- THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE JORDAN -- THE FALL OF ABILA OF THE DECAPOLIS |
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BEYOND THE TOMBS -- ABILA: THE WHOLE STORY -- PLANS OF TYPE IA -- PLANS OF TYPE IB -- PLANS OF TYPE II -- PLANS OF TYPE III -- PLANS OF TYPE IV -- PLANS OF TYPE VA -- PLANS OF TYPE VB -- PLANS OF TYPE VC -- PLANS OF TYPE VD -- PLANS OF TYPE VI -- PHOTO OF TYPE VIII -- PLANS OF TYPE IX -- TOMB TYPE X- COLUMBARIA -- TOMB TYPE XI -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Copyright Information -- Blank Page |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tombs -- Jordan -- Abila (Extinct city)
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Jordan -- Abila (Extinct city)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jordan -- Abila (Extinct city)
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Abila (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient |
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Tombs |
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Jordan -- Abila (Extinct city) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781803272870 |
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Print version: Druck-Ausgabe 9781803272870 |
| ISBN |
1803272880 electronic book |
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9781803272887 (electronic bk.) |
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