{"product_id":"humayma-excavation-project-i-john-peter-oleson-9780897570831","title":"Humayma Excavation Project I: Resources, History and the Water-Supply System","description":"Humayma, ancient Hawara, was the only significant settlement in the Hisma, the desert between Petra and Aqaba. Founded by a Nabataean king in the late first century B.C., the site flourished for 750 years as a Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic settlement. In 25 years of survey and excavation, the author has recovered unique architectural and artifactual remains of all these cultures. In this final report volume, the first of four, he presents the topography and ecology of the region, the history of the site, and a detailed examination of the integrated water-supply system that made the settlement possible. A long synthetic chapter evaluates this system in the context of the water-supply technology of the ancient Near East. This book will be of interest to both students and scholars concerned with ancient hydraulic technology, the Nabataeans, the Romans in the Near East, early Byzantine culture, and the origins of the Abbasid family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Peter Oleson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0897570839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780897570831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Society of Overseas Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 37","brand":"John Peter Oleson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443738980607,"sku":"9780897570831","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_172ff60c-9e5d-453d-bbee-ec0eac991df4.jpg?v=1777207511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humayma-excavation-project-i-john-peter-oleson-9780897570831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}