Kataret es-Samra, Jordan
Subtitle: the 1985 excavation and survey
By: by Albert Leonard, Jr. ; with contributions by James A. Armstrong, Kasey Ward Briggs, Teresa Bürge, Peter M. Fischer, Joseph A. Greene, and Priscilla Lange
Contributors: Armstrong, James A. (James Alan), 1953- contributor
Series: The annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research -- volume 71
Publisher: American Society of Overseas Research
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780897570992
Subjects: Material culture; Cemeteries; Excavations (Archaeology); Ancient Pottery; Bronze age; Tombs; Antiquities
Description: "This volume presents the results of a brief program of survey and excavation conducted under the directorship of the author at the site of Kataret es-Samra, strategically located at the interface of the ghor and the zor of the Eastern Jordan Valley, to the north of the confluence of the Wadi Zarqa (Biblical Jabbok). It reports on the excavation of a Middle Bronze/Late Bronze Age tomb that contained eleven interments strengthening the argument, suggested by earlier salvage work at the site, that this is but part of an extensive MB-LB cemetery. Material recovered from both survey and soundings on neighboring 'Tell' Kataret es-Samra suggest that it was most probably the home of those who were buried in the tomb. Study of the pottery and other facets of material culture from both tomb and tell has been brought up-to-date and incorporated into the status of present scholarship through the contributions of Teresa Burge and Peter Fischer, emphasizing comparanda from Transjordanian (occupational) sites excavated since the Kataret es-Samra field work was completed in 1985. Study of the faunal remains (Priscilla Lange) suggest that the settlement at Kataret es-Samra was based primarily on a pastoral economy"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The excavation of Kataret es-Samra tomb 2; title: The discovery of tomb 2 (Albert Leonard, Jr. and Joseph A. Greene); title: The burials in tomb 2 (Kasey Ward Briggs and Albert Leonard, Jr.); title: The tomb 2 loci (Albert Leonard, Jr. and Joseph A. Greene); title: 2. The pottery and small finds from Kataret es-Samra tomb (Teresa Burge, Albert Leonard, Jr., and Peter M. Fischer); title: 3. The survey and soundings on the Kataret es-Samra Tell (Field II); title: The survey of the summit of Tell Kataret es-Samra (Albert Leonard, Jr. and James A. Armstrong); title: The pottery from the survey of the summit of the tell (Teresa Burge, Albert Leonard, Jr., and Peter M. Fischer); title: The survey of the slopes of Tell Kataret es-Samra (Albert Leonard, Jr.); title: The pottery from the survey of the slopes of Tell Kataret es-Samra (Teresa Burge, Albert Leonard, Jr., and Peter M. Fischer); title: The soundings on the tell : Field II, areas 1 and 2 (James A. Armstrong and Albert Leonard, Jr.); title: The pottery from the soundings on Tell Kataret es-Samra : Field II, areas 1 and 2 (Teresa Burge, Albert Leonard, Jr., and P.M. Fischer); title: The Field II loci (Albert Leonard, Jr.); title: 4. The faunal remains from the excavations in Field II (Priscilla Lange); title: 5. Postscript: The Kataret es-Samra excavations and the present volume (Albert Leonard, Jr., Teresa Burge, and Peter M. Fischer).