The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan

edited by Kevin M. McGeough, with contributions by Robin M. Brown, Alan Farahani, Hannah Huynh, Natalie Mueller, Benjamin W. Porter, Jennifer Ramsay, Kevin Rielly, and Bruce Routledge

Book cover: The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: American Society of Overseas Research

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Annual of ASOR

Series volume number: 69

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2016)

ISBN: 9780897570947

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $84.95

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The 69th volume of the Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research is devoted to studies of botanical and faunal remains from three major sites in Jordan: Tall al’Umayri (Bronze to early Iron Age), Karak Castle (Middle and Late Islamic Period), and Khirbet al-Mudayna al-‘Aliya (early Iron Age).


The 69th volume of the Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research is devoted to studies of botanical and faunal remains from three major sites in Jordan: Tall al’Umayri (Bronze to early Iron Age), Karak Castle (Middle and Late Islamic Period), and Khirbet al-Mudayna al-‘Aliya (early Iron Age). Although each paper reflects the work of different teams, they are all thematically linked by their contributions to the study of agro-pastoralist economic activities in the region. Each paper offers insight into contextually specific historical circumstances but also insight into agriculture and pastoralism more broadly. Likewise, each paper offers different approaches for working with faunal and/or botanical evidence that will be of interest to specialists in bioarchaeology more generally. Scholars of pastoralism will be interested in all of these papers, which touch on issues of foddering and animal consumption.

  • Contributions by Robin M. Brown
  • Contributions by Alan Farahani
  • Contributions by Hannah Huynh
  • Contributions by Natalie Mueller
  • Contributions by Benjamin W. Porter
  • Contributions by Jennifer Ramsay
  • Contributions by Kevin Rielly
  • Contributions by Bruce Routledge
  • Edited by Kevin M. McGeough