Ghwair, Jordan (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Four additional pieces of groundstone were recovered for washes during the Ghwair 1999- 2000 excavation season. In addition, a control sample and a fragment of plaster floor also were submitted for analysis. Pollen, phytolith, and starch analyses were conducted on these samples to identify evidence of food processing activity and local vegetation. Due to the difficulties in recovering a phytolith record from the last set of groundstone examined from Ghwair, the extraction process was...