Seeing Through Walls: Interpreting Iron Age I Architecture at Khirbat al-Mudayna al-ʿAliya
Iron Age I architectural remains at Khirbat al-Mudayna al-ʿAliya, Jordan, show the use of two distinct forms of pillared houses (four-room and L-plan) and an elaborate casemate fortification system. Interpreting this evidence in light of previous literature, I conclude that (1) Kh. al-Mudayna al-ʿAl...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2000
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2000, Volume: 319, Pages: 37-70 |
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| Summary: | Iron Age I architectural remains at Khirbat al-Mudayna al-ʿAliya, Jordan, show the use of two distinct forms of pillared houses (four-room and L-plan) and an elaborate casemate fortification system. Interpreting this evidence in light of previous literature, I conclude that (1) Kh. al-Mudayna al-ʿAliya was an agropastoral village, rather than a fortress or a settlement of sedentarizing pastoral nomads; (2) there is no evidence for multihouse compounds at the site, but individual houses are large enough to contain complex domestic groups; and (3) despite the discrete nature of the two house forms, neither can be considered as an ethnically marked form of material culture. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357559 |