TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Excavation Team Members -- List of Tables and Graphs -- List of Illustrations -- PART ONE - OVERVIEW -- Chapter 1 - The Site and its Regional Setting -- Location and Identification -- Chapter 2 - Excavation Project and Recording Design -- Introduction -- The Tall Jawa Excavation Project -- Using this Report -- Chapter 3 - Preliminary Geological Overview of Tall Jawa -- Introduction -- Regional Geology -- References -- PART TWO - STRATIGRAPHIC EXCAVATIONS AT TALL JAWA -- Chapter 4 - Evidence for an Iron Age I Settlement. Field A: The Deep Sounding (1989) -- Introduction -- Stratum X - The Deep Sounding - Building 50 -- Chapter 5 - The Fortification Walls and Towers -- Introduction -- Stratum IX - The Offset/Inset Solid Wall -- Stratum VIIIB - The Casemate Wall System -- Stratum VIIIA Reconstruction of the Casemate System -- Stratum VI -- Field C-West and C-East -- Chapter 6 - The Iron Age II Town. Fields A-B: Buildings 102, 113, 100, 200 and 204 (1989-1995) -- Introduction -- Building 102 -- Building 113 -- Building 100 -- Strata VI-III -- Stratum I -- Field B - Building 200 -- Stratum VIII -- Building 204 -- Summary -- Chapter 7 - Field E: The Domestic Complex (1992-1995). Building 300 -- Introduction -- Stratum IX -- Stratum VIII -- Stratigraphy -- Stratum VIIIB -- Stratum VIIIA -- Stratum VII -- Stratum III -- Stratum I -- Chapter 8 - Fields C-West And D: The Pillared Houses. Buildings 800 and 700 (1991-1995) -- Introduction -- Stratum VIIB-VIIA -- Construction and Use of Building 800 -- Building 700 -- Introduction -- Stratum VII -- Chapter 9. Field C-East: Gate Building and Domestic Quarter (1992-1995) -- Introduction -- Building 910-905 -- Stratum VIIB -- Stratum VIIA -- The Western Unit: Rooms 906-908 -- Excursus: TJ Burial 4-The Skeletal Remains -- Building 900 -- Stratum VIIB -- Stratum VIIA.

PART THREE - BUILDING TRADITIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES -- Chapter 10 - Building Materials, Construction Techniques and Architectural Features -- Introduction -- Building Materials -- Construction Techniques -- Building Plans and Room Arrangement -- Architectural Features -- Domestic and Industrial Installations -- Summary -- Chapter 11 - Elemental Analysis of Local Limestone and Prepared Plaster Samples -- Introduction -- Analysis -- References -- PART FOUR - SETTLEMENT HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY -- Chapter 12 - Settlement History at Tall Jawa: Chronological Implications -- Introduction -- Iron Age I (Stratum X) -- Iron Age II (Strata IX -VII) -- Chapter 13 - The Ammonites: A Historical Sketch -- Introduction -- "Ammonites"-The Name -- The Ammonite Country -- Chronological Presentation -- PART FIVE - MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMME -- Chapter 14 - The Tall Jawa Multimedia Information System -- Introduction -- The Multimedia System -- Database Information -- Record Control -- Searching the Database -- Uninstalling the Program -- Wall Designations -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Geographic and Ethnic Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.