The Hippodrome of Gerasa

This book presents the study of Roman circuses and the complex fieldwork for the restoration of the Jarash Hippodrome, a work in progress abruptly ended by the untimely death of Antoni A. Ostrasz in 1996. It aims to provide researchers as well as restorers of ancient monuments with unparalleled insights of architectural studies for anastyloses.

The Hippodrome of Gerasa: A Provincial Roman Circus publishes the unique draft manuscript by the late architect and restorer Antoni Ostrasz, the study of Roman circuses and the complex fieldwork for the restoration of the Jarash Hippodrome, a work in progress abruptly ended both in writing and in the field by his untimely death in October 1996. The manuscript is presented as it is in order to retain the authenticity of his work. It is, therefore, an unusual publication providing the researcher as well as restorer of ancient monuments with unparalleled insights of architectural studies for anastyloses. Compendia A and B have been added to supplement the incomplete segments of the manuscript with regard to his studies as well as archaeological data. This concerns the excavation and preparation for the restorations and the archaeological history or stratigraphic history of the site from the foundations to primary use as a circus to subsequent occupancies of the circus complex. The study of the architectural and archaeological remains at the hippodrome encapsulates the sequence of the urban history of the town from its early beginnings to Roman Gerasa and Byzantine and Islamic Jarash, including vestiges of the seventh century plague and still visible earthquake destructions, as well as Ottoman settlements.

"List of Figures
Foreword and acknowledgements
The Hippodrome of Gerasa. A Provincial Roman Circus - Antoni A. Ostrasz (1929-1996)
Introduction
Chapter I: History of exploration, excavation and research
Chapter II: The Excavation 1985-1996
Chapter III: The Architecture of the Hippodrome
[Chapter IV-V unwritten at time of author's death]
Chapter VI: History of the building
Chapter VII: The Hippodrome of Gerasa and Roman circuses
Bibliography and Abbreviations
Compendium A: Published articles and unpublished reports by Antoni A. Ostrasz 1983 to 1995
Published articles
The Hippodrome of Gerasa: A report on excavations and research 1982-1987
Jerash - The Hippodrome
The Excavation and Restoration of the Hippodrome at Jerash.: A synopsis
Gerasa. Hippodrome Report
Jerash/Gerasa: Hippodrome. Report on the anastylosis of the E-S tower
The Hippodrome of Gerasa: A case of the dichotomy of art and building technology
Unublished articles
Figures 1-145. The original manuscript and Compendium A
Compendium B: The Hippoodrome of Gerasa. Archaeological materials and their contexts
Published Articles
ANCIENT BURIALS AT THE HIPPODROME OF GERASA / JARASH
A History of Occupational Changes at the Site of the Hippodrome of Gerasa
Published articles by Ina Kehrberg[-Ostrasz]
Selected Lamps and Pottery from the Hippodrome at Jerash
Flaked Glass and Pottery Sherd Tools of the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods
Sherd Tools and their Association with Workshops at the Gerasa Hippodrome
Ceramic Lamp Production in the 4th and 5th Centuries AD
Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Gerasa
Gerasa as Provider for Roman Frontier Stations
Figurative adornment of Roman circuses: virtual presentation of the starting gate herms
Byzantine ceramic productions
The complexity of lamps
Pp. 411-430 in SHAJ 12, 2016 figs 1-10 (Figures 195-205)
Pottery and lamps from the foundation trenches and wall constructions
Figures 146-261. Compendium B
Bibliography and Abbreviations ", List of Figures ;

Foreword and acknowledgements ;

The Hippodrome of Gerasa. A Provincial Roman Circus – Antoni A. Ostrasz (1929-1996) Compendium A: Published articles and unpublished reports by Antoni A. Ostrasz 1983 to 1995 ;