Burton MacDonald - The Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley: The Bronze Age to the Islamic Period (3800/3700 BC–AD 1917)

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MacDonald, Burton, 1939

The Southern Transjordan edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley : the Bronze Age to the Islamic period (3800/3700 BC-AD 1917) / Burton MacDonald. -- Hardcover edition.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN 978-1-78297-833-6 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-834-3 (prc) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-835-0 (pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-78297-832-9 1. Jordan--Antiquities. 2. Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan. I. Title.

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2015010573

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Front cover: Treasury, Petra (photo by Jane Taylor)

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF PLATES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman, awarded me a Publication Fellowship for the period JanuaryApril 2013. During that time, while in residence at ACOR, I was able to complete most of the library research for this work. In addition, an association with the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, during the winter months of 2014, provided me with the time and library resources for the completion of the work, including copy-editing and production of illustrations. I acknowledge the assistance and graciousness of personnel from both institutions.

This work is ultimately dependent upon permission received from Jordans Department of Antiquities to carry out work in southern Jordan over a period of more than 30 years. Moreover, I also acknowledge the work of dozens of scholars who have published their research on the archaeology and history of the territory that is of primary interest in this publication. These individuals are referenced throughout the work.

Rudaina al-Momani, ACOR and CBRL, supplied the shapefile of the wadis for inclusion in the maps found in this volume. Hilary Hatcher worked with the shapefile to produce most of the maps in the work. In addition, Hilary copy edited the work, made many helpful suggestions relative to improving the work, and ultimately saved me from many inconsistencies and errors.

Relative to the photo segment of this work, Jane Taylor (]) provided most of the images. Their contribution is supplemented by photos from/by the ACOR Archives, Piotr Bienkowski, Patricia Bikai, Hilary Hatcher, Fraser Parsons and Scott Quaintance. In addition to the above, Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos and Patricia Bikai, Beidha Documentation Project, gave permission to reproduce two of their drawings.

The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

As usual, Rosemarie Sampson followed all aspects of this work. To her, I am continually grateful.

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