The Historical Evolution of the Roman Frontier in Central Jordan

FAIN: RO-21848-89

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC 27695-0001)
S. Thomas Parker (Project Director: September 1992 to February 1994)

Funding details:
Original grant (1989) $40,000.00
Supplement (1989) $14,850.00
Supplement (1991) $27,150.00
Supplement (1993) $5,292.00

To support the costs of completing the 2-volume final report of the archaeological project on the historical evolution of the Roman frontier in central Jordan.

Associated Products

The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989, Volume 1 (Book)
Title: The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989, Volume 1
Author: S. Thomas Parker
Abstract: Until the 1980s, the Roman frontier in modern Jordan was among the least studied of the Empire’s far-flung border regions. From 1980 until 1989, the Limes Arabicus Project investigated the frontier east of the Dead Sea. Excavation focused on the late Roman legionary fortress of el-Lejjun as well as soundings of four smaller but contemporary forts. The project’s regional survey recorded over five hundred other archaeological sites in the area, dating from the Paleolithic to the Late Islamic periods. This report presents detailed results from the excavated forts, a broad range of material cultural evidence from animal bones to bedouin burials, and provides a synthesis of the history of this frontier, which witnessed the first confrontation between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of Islam.
Year: 2006
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/roman-frontier-in-central-jordan-1/oclc/315596472&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.doaks.org/resources/publications/books-in-print/the-roman-frontier-in-central-jordan-final-report?searchterm=roman+frontier
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Type: Multi-author monograph
ISBN: 9780884022985
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989, Volume 2 (Book)
Title: The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989, Volume 2
Author: S. Thomas Parker
Abstract: Until the 1980s, the Roman frontier in modern Jordan was among the least studied of the Empire’s far-flung border regions. From 1980 until 1989, the Limes Arabicus Project investigated the frontier east of the Dead Sea. Excavation focused on the late Roman legionary fortress of el-Lejjun as well as soundings of four smaller but contemporary forts. The project’s regional survey recorded over five hundred other archaeological sites in the area, dating from the Paleolithic to the Late Islamic periods. This report presents detailed results from the excavated forts, a broad range of material cultural evidence from animal bones to bedouin burials, and provides a synthesis of the history of this frontier, which witnessed the first confrontation between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of Islam.
Year: 2006
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/roman-frontier-in-central-jordan-2/oclc/315596658&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.doaks.org/resources/publications/books-in-print/the-roman-frontier-in-central-jordan-final-report?searchterm=roman+frontier
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Type: Multi-author monograph
ISBN: 9780884022985
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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