Narrating archaeological sites and places : fifty years of the Madaba Plains Project at Tall Hisban, Tall al-ʻUmayri, and Tall Jalul / edited by Douglas R. Clark, Øystein S. LaBianca, and Randall W. Younker.
| Other author | Clark, Douglas R. editor |
| Other author | LaBianca, Øystein Sakala editor |
| Other author | Younker, Randall W. editor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xii, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contextualizing the quest for Biblical Heshbon at Tall Ḥisbān / Lawrence T. Geraty -- The quest for early Christianity at Esbus / Darrell J. Rohl and Elizabeth A. Osinga -- Contextualizing the quest for Islamic Housban at Tall Ḥisbān / Bethany J. Walker -- Al Muṣallā : local ideas about Tall Ḥisbān / Frode F. Jacobsen -- A node on a global canvas : Tall Ḥisbān in global history / Øystein S. LaBianca -- Contextualizing the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-ʻUmayri : the early Bronze Age / Timothy P. Harrison -- Contextualizing the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-ʻUmayri : the late Bronze Age / Kent V. Bramlett -- Contextualizing the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-Umayri : the early Iron Age / Douglas R. Clark -- Contextualizing the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-ʻUmayri : Iron II and later periods / Larry G. Herr -- What happened when the Tall al-ʻUmayri Survey met Fernand Braudel's temporal hierarchy / Gary L. Christopherson -- Introduction to Tall Jalūl excavations / Randall W. Younker -- MPP 50 : a summary report on the Tall Jalūl Phase 1 excavations (1992-2017) / Jeffrey P. Hudon and Randall W. Younker -- Social complexity in Iron Age Jordan : water management at the site of Tall Jalūl on the Mādabā Plains, Jordan / Robert D. Bates -- Site custody activism : sine qua non of community archaeology / Øystein S. LaBianca -- The Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project (MRAMP) : emerging community archaeology in central Jordan / Douglas R. Clark. |
| Abstract | "In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Madaba Plains Project, this volume reflects on the decades of archaeological fieldwork experience at Tall Hisban, Tall al-`Umayri and Tall Jalul. In addition to lessons learned and issues addressed, the volume presents the backstories that represent the heart and soul of the MPP, focusing on those that illuminate the efforts to interpret and narrate these archaeological sites"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Narrating archaeological sites and places Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2025 9781800506565 |
| LCCN | 2025003253 |
| ISBN | 9781800506558 |
| ISBN | 1800506554 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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