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The year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Mabada Plains Project
archaeological research in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The
Madaba Plains Project is one of the longest-lived, continuously
running archaeological excavation projects in the Middle East.
Spanning four decades, the project, with its beginnings at Tall
Hisban in the late sixties, has engaged 1,500 participants,
produced scores of publications and spawned a dozen other projects.
Its legacy includes being one of the first major Near Eastern
archaeology projects to adopt a multi-millennial, regional
approach; to incorporate ethnoarchaeology and environmental
studies; to construct data around a food-systems' approach; and to
computerize procedures for archaeological data acquisition and
analysis, thus helping advance both the theoretical underpinnings
and the field methods of archaeology in the southern Levant and
beyond. Madaba Plains Project directors, wishing to celebrate this
major scientific and historical milestone, have produced this
anniversary volume which: highlights the value of ongoing
collaborative research across the region of central Jordan,
attempting to explain life and survival from the Bronze ages
through the Islamic and early modern periods and features the
latest results from ongoing research; enlivens the discussion by
hearing from major scholars in the field who, in the process of
assessing the contributions of the project to the archaeology of
the southern Levant, broaden the discussion in the context of
ancient Near Eastern archaeological research; and, expands the
horizons of the project's research by presenting the ever enlarging
number and extent of projects conducted by dig directors once on
staff with the Madaba Plains Project, thereby taking readers all
over Jordan and beyond.
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The ESV Archaeology Study Bible roots the biblical text in its
historical and cultural context, giving Bible readers a framework
for better understanding the people, places, and events recorded in
Scripture.
This volume is the tenth in a series of technical seasonal reports
on the excavations of Tall al-ʿUmayri, Jordan, part of the Madaba
Plains Project. It covers artifactual finds and related research
from excavation fields active during the 2006 season: Field A, the
western citadel with Early Iron Age domestic structures; Field B,
the western defenses and northwestern domestic quarters showcasing
a rare Late Bronze Age temple/palace complex; Field H, the
southwestern acropolis boasting a Late Iron I courtyard sanctuary;
and Field L, the southern edge with Iron I remains, limited Late
Iron II architecture, and the now fully exposed area of a Late
Hellenistic agricultural complex. This volume includes an important
synthesis of the long-term data on repeating cycles of abatement
and intensification of settlement population patterns, and the
chapters are supplemented by an article on sherds with incised
marks and another on coins found at ʿUmayri in 2006. In addition
to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Robert D.
Bates, David R. Berge, John W. Betlyon, Kent V. Bramlett, David C.
Hopkins, and Gloria A. London.
Modeled after previous seasonal reports, this ninth volume of the
Madaba Plains Project’s excavations at Tall al-ʿUmayri, Jordan
gives a detailed accounting of the artifactual finds from the 2004
season of the excavations, accompanied by hundreds of photos and
supplemented with related research. The active fields in 2004
included Field A, the western citadel with Early Iron Age domestic
structures; Field B, the western defenses and northwestern domestic
quarters showcasing a rare Late Bronze Age temple and palace
complex; Field H, the southwestern acropolis boasting an emerging
Late Iron I courtyard sanctuary; and Field L, the southern edge
with Iron I remains, limited Late Iron II architecture, and the now
nearly fully exposed area of a Late Hellenistic agricultural
complex. These chapters are supplemented by an article on sherds
with incised marks or repair holes and another on the sixth Persian
provincial seal impression found at ʿUmayri. The most impressive
discovery of the season was the Late Bronze Age temple and palace
complex in Field B. Although not completely cleared in 2004, the
emerging structure has contributed significantly to information
about an underrepresented period in central Jordan. With walls
surviving to two and three meters high and five rooms—an entry
hall with standing stones, a sanctuary enclosing a cultic niche
with five standing stones, a “favissa” space for preserving
cultic artifacts, and two rooms serving an as yet undetermined
function—this structure helps to fill in a number of gaps in our
understanding of the Late Bronze Age in the region. In addition to
the editors, the contributors include David R. Berge, Kent V.
Bramlett, David C. Hopkins, John I. Lawlor, and Gloria London.
This eighth volume of the Madaba Plains Project’s excavations at
Tall al ʿUmayri covers the important finds of the 2002 season,
updating and synthesizing the work that has been done to date.
Accompanied by more than two hundred illustrations, it includes a
summary of the cumulative results of all excavation seasons from
1984 through 2002, with a detailed description of the various
levels that have been discovered. The contributions to this volume
discuss at length the results of the 2002 season, specifically in
fields B, H, and L, which helped to clarify the stratigraphy of the
site and contributed to the long-term objectives of the
excavation—in particular, the goal of elucidating the cycles of
intensification and abatement of habitation and land use at and
around the site, with a view to understanding how ‘Umayri
influenced and participated in these processes. In addition to the
editors, the contributors to this volume include John W. Betlyon,
Kent V. Bramlett, Julie L. Cormack, Marcel den Nijs, David C.
Hopkins, Gloria London, Kevin Nick, and Monique D. Vincent.
This volume represents a guide to the background and study of the
Old Testament that incorporates current scholarship with an
affirming faith stance. The book's treatment of the Old Testament
and intertestamental literature provides a theologically balanced
approach with attention to traditional concerns of introduction
plus a focus on issues of relevance and practical religious value.
A comprehensive compilation that includes maps, charts and tables,
a glossary, indices, and drawings, this work offers a significant
contribution to the study and appreciation of the Old Testament.
"The MPP has left a huge footprint on the archaeology of Jordan and
the Middle East in general. Without it, we would all be working in
a different way and with a poorer set of theoretical models. This
book justly celebrates those achievements and explains how they
came about." - Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental
Research The year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Madaba Plains
Project archaeological research in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The Madaba Plains Project is one of the longest-lived, continuously
running archaeological excavation projects in the Middle East.
Spanning four decades, the project, with its beginnings at Tall
Hisban in the late sixties, has engaged 1,500 participants,
produced scores of publications and spawned a dozen other projects.
Its legacy includes being one of the first major Near Eastern
archaeology projects to adopt a multi-millennial, regional
approach; to incorporate ethnoarchaeology and environmental
studies; to construct data around a food-systems approach; and to
computerize procedures for archaeological data acquisition and
analysis, thus helping advance both the theoretical underpinnings
and the field methods of archaeology in the southern Levant and
beyond. Madaba Plains Project directors, wishing to celebrate this
major scientific and historical milestone, have produced this
anniversary volume which: - highlights the value of ongoing
collaborative research across the region of central Jordan,
attempting to explain life and survival from the Bronze ages
through the Islamic and early modern periods and features the
latest results from ongoing research - enlivens the discussion by
hearing from major scholars in the field who, in the process of
assessing the contributions of the project to the archaeology of
the southern Levant, broaden the discussion in the context of
ancient Near Eastern archaeological research - expands the horizons
of the project's research by presenting the ever enlarging number
and extent of projects conducted by dig directors once on staff
with the Madaba Plains Project, thereby taking readers all over
Jordan and beyond.
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