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Contents

Preface
Dedication


Part One: Overview
Chapter 1: An Overview of the 1989 Season of Excavation and Survey in the Madaba Plains by Ralph E. Hendrix


Part Two: Tall al-Umayri
Chapter 2: Organization of Excavation and Summary of Results at Tall al-Umayri by Larry G. Herr
Chapter 3: Field A: The Ammonite Citadel by John I. Lawlor
Chapter 4: Field B: The Western Defense System by Douglas R. Clark
Chapter 5: Field D: The Lower Southern Terrace by Timothy P. Harrison
Chapter 6: Field E: The Water System by James R. Fisher
Chapter 7: Field F: The Eastern Shelf by Russanne D. Low
Chapter 8: Field G: The North Slope “Wall Lines” by James R. Fisher
Chapter 9: The Pottery by Larry G. Herr


Part Three: Vicinity
Chapter 10: The 1989 Random Square Survey in the Tall al-Umayri Region by Gary L. Christopherson
Chapter 11: Madaba Plains Project: Regional Survey Sites, 1989 by Gary L. Christopherson
Chapter 12: Some Onomastic Considerations Concerning Sites in the Tall al-Umayri Region, Central Jordan, 1989 by James R. Battenfield
Chapter 13: A Preliminary Report on Basalt Sources in Central and Northern Jordan by Douglas W. Schnurrenberger
Chapter 14: Geological Background to the Tall al-Umayri Region by Douglas W. Schnurrenberger
Chapter 15: Locating Intact Archaeological Sites in the Tall al-Umayri Region by Douglas W. Schnurrenberger


Part Four: Subsequent Studies
Chapter 16: Epigraphic Finds from Tall al-Umayri during the 1989 Season by Larry G. Herr
Chapter 17: An Ammonite Ostracon from Tall al-Umayri by Todd K. Sanders
Chapter 18: Clay Figurines from Tall al-Umayri and Vicinity (The 1987 and 1989 Seasons) by Boguslav Dabrowski
Chapter 19: Preliminary Observations on the Lithic Collection by Russanne D. Low and Douglas W. Schnurrenberger
Chapter 20: Landuse Management in the Tall al-Umayri Region by Douglas W. Schnurrenberger with Jon A. Cole


Index