Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

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Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction, S. Thomas Parker

Chapter 2: The Regional Environment, Tina M. Niemi

Chapter 3: Fish, Dates, and Flying Machines: Ethno-History and Aerial Photography in the Investigation of Aqaba, Jordan, John D. Rucker & Tina M. Niemi

Chapter 4: The Southeast ‘Araba Archaeological Survey SAAS Catalogue of Sites, Andrew M. Smith II

Chapter 5: Analysis and Interpretation of Lithic Assemblages Recovered from Sites in the Southeast ‘Araba Archaeological Survey, Donald O. Henry, Marni Cochrane, Cassandra Burns & Travis Taverna

Chapter 6: The Pottery from the Survey, S. Thomas Parker

Chapter 7: Semitic Inscriptions, David F. Graf

Chapter 8: The Hinterland of Roman Aila, S. Thomas Parker & Andrew M. Smith II

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About the Author

S. Thomas Parker is Professor of History at North Carolina State University. He directed the Roman Aqaba Project in 1994-2002. Since 2012 he has been a co-director of the Petra North Ridge Project. He is the author of Romans and Saracens: A History of the Arabian Frontier (1986) and, as editor, The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan: Final Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980-1989 (2006).

Andrew M. Smith II is Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at George Washington University and has served on archaeological projects in the Middle East since 1989. He directed the survey of the Roman Aqaba Project in 1994-1998 and is currently director of the Bir Madhkur Project in Jordan. He is the author of Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation (2012).

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