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'Qasr al-Buleida': a Late Roman-Byzantine Fortified Settlement on the Dead Sea Plain Jordan
Alexandra Ariotti
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This study focuses on Qasr al-Buleida ('the countryside castle [or] palace' in Arabic), a small hamlet located six kilometres to the northeast of the modern village of Ghor al-Mazra'a on the Dead Sea Plain. The hamlet comprises the archaeological remains of five free-standing, fortified architectural complexes, as well as a number of agricultural features that include two aqueducts, a dam or reservoir and terracing. Together, these structures form the 'Qasr al-Buleida settlement', an entity which has not been previously studied nor published in entirety. Through survey and excavation conducted over two field seasons (2002 and 2004), the aim of this investigation of Qasr al-Buleida has been to determine the chronology, cultural history and function of the settlement as a network of fortifications that served a defensive and economic purpose, augmenting the Roman-Byzantine limes Arabicus, as well as an agricultural one. Analysis of the radiocarbon, numismatic and ceramic material recovered from the stratified deposits of excavations carried out at the five QB sites has now revealed that they were occupied between the fourth and sixth centuries C.E., a period when all evidentiary classes overlap.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Acknowledgments
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List of Abbreviated Publications
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1. Introduction
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2. The Environmental Setting of Qasr al-Buleida
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3. Qasr al-Buleida Site 45
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4. Qasr al-Buleida Site 46
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5. Qasr al-Buleida Site 47
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6. Minor Structures and Other Installations in the Qasr al-Buleida Locality
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7. The Description and Analysis of the Qasr al-Buleida Ceramic Assemblages
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8. The Qasr al-Buleida Coin Assemblage
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9. Identifying the Ethnic and Cultural Statusof the Qasr al-Buleida Settlement
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10. The Function of the Qasr al-Buleida Settlement
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11. Qasr al-Buleida: Summary and Conclusions
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Published: 2009
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407335346 (ebook)
- 9781407305851 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2009