Frontmatter CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: THE YOTVATA OASIS SECTION I YOTVATA HILL THE IRON I “FOR TRESS” AND OTHER REMAINS PART I THE SITE IN CONTEXT CHAPTER 2 YOTVATA: A “FORTRESS” ON A ROAD JUNCTION PART II ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS CHAPTER 3 THE EXCAVATIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS PART III ARTIFACTS CHAPTER 4 THE POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE OF THE IRON I CHAPTER 5 PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE IRON I POTTERY CHAPTER 6 THE CERAMIC FINDS FROM THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB CHAPTER 7 THE CHIPPED ST ONE COLLECTIONS: LITHIC PERSPECTIVES ON AN OASIS SITE IN THE ARABAH CHAPTER 8 SHELL ARTIFACTS CHAPTER 9 TWO BONE OBJECTS CHAPTER 10 OSTRICH EGGSHELLS CHAPTER 11 GROUND STONE TOOLS CHAPTER 12 WORKED WOODEN OBJECTS FROM THE IRON I CHAPTER 13 A WOOD COFFIN FROM THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB CHAPTER 14 CORDS AND BASKETRY FROM THE IRON I AND TEXTILES FROM THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB PART IV ECOFACTS CHAPTER 15 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE IRON I “FORTRESS” AND THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB CHAPTER 16 CHARCOAL SAMPLES FROM THE CHALCOLITHIC/EARLY BRONZE I SETTLEMENT CHAPTER 17 DENDROARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE COFFIN FROM THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB CHAPTER 18 IRON I AND CHALCOLITHIC/EARLY BRONZE I F AUNA CHAPTER 19 RADIOCARBON DATES PART V CONCLUDING REMARKS CHAPTER 20 MAṢṢEBOTH (STANDING STONES) IN GATES CHAPTER 21 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ADDENDUM LATER EXCAVATIONS IN THE NABATAEAN BUILT TOMB LIST OF LOCI SECTION II THE EARLY ISLAMIC SETTLEMENT PART VI ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS CHAPTER 22 ARCHITECTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY PART VII ARTIFACTS CHAPTER 23 THE POTTERY CHAPTER 24 PERFECTING LOCAL PRODUCTION OF DESERT POTTERY: PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF EARLY ISLAMIC WARES CHAPTER 25 STONE AND METAL OBJECTS CHAPTER 26 GLASS FINDS CHAPTER 27 THE OSTRACA CHAPTER 28 THE COINS CHAPTER 29 TEXTILES, TEXTILE IMPRESSIONS AND A PLAIT PART VIII ECOFACTS CHAPTER 30 IDENTIFICATION OF DYES CHAPTER 31 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE EARLY ISLAMIC SITE CHAPTER 32 FAUNAL REMAINS CHAPTER 33 MOLLUSCS PART IX CONCLUDING REMARKS CHAPTER 34 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS LIST OF LOCI |