Khirbat Iskandar

Contents List of Illustrations vii List of Tables xii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1. Introduction (Suzanne Richard ) 1 khirbat iskandar in its eco-environmental setting 2. Khirbat Iskandar and its Modern and Ancient Environment (Carlos E. Cordova and Jesse C. Long, Jr.) 19 area c - the early bronze iv period 3. The Stratigraphy of Area C ( Jesse C. Long, Jr.) 37 4. The Area C Early Bronze IV Ceramic Assemblage (Suzanne Richard ) 69 5. Quantitative Analysis of the Early Bronze IV Tell and Tomb Ceramic Assemblages (Paul S. Holdorf ) 113 6. Ceramic Technology and Provenance at Khirbat Iskandar (Yuval Goren) 133 7. Faunal remains from Area C (Mary C. Metzger) 141 8. Ground Stone and Small Artifacts from Area C ( Jeanette Forsen, expanded and updated by Yorke M. Rowan) 145 khirbat iskandar early bronze iv cemeteries 9. Th e Early Bronze IV Cemeteries at Khirbat Iskandar (Suzanne Richard, Glen Peterman, and James D. D'Angelo) 159 10. Excavation of the Area D, H, and J Cemeteries (Glen Peterman and Suzanne Richard ) 165 11. Excavation of the Area E Cemetery ( James D. D'Angelo) 209 12. Ceramic Assemblage of the Early Bronze IV Cemeteries (Suzanne Richard and Glen Peterman) 223 13. Ground Stone and Small Artifacts from the Cemeteries (Susan Ellis) 251 14. Preliminary Report on Human Remains in the Cemeteries (Lynn Welton) 261 15. Comparison of Early Bronze IV Radiocarbon Results from Khirbat Iskandar and Bab adh-Dhra' (Paul S. Holdorf ) 267 16. Summary and Conclusions (Suzanne Richard and Jesse C. Long, Jr.) 271 Appendix A: Area C Ceramic Corpus 281 Appendix B: List of Loci 327 Appendix C: Inventory of Faunal Remains 345 Appendix D: Basic Form Classifi cations for Area C and Cemeteries 355 Appendix E: Basic Rim/Handle/Base Classifi cations for Area C and Cemeteries 361 Appendix F: List of Registered Objects from Area C and Cemeteries 365 Appendix G: Inventory of Petrographic Th in Sections 373 Appendix H: Inventory of Human Remains from the Cemeteries 379 Appendix I: Specifi c Types Corpora for Area C and Cemeteries 407 References 433 Geographical Index 453