The Macellum of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
From a Market Place to an Industrial Area
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15914438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Uscatescu (0000-0002-5520-6175, corresponding author), Manuel Martín-Bueno |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 307 |
| Pages | 67-88 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1357704 |
| OpenAlex | W2326013235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article summarizes the results of excavations at Gerasa carried out by a Spanish team over an eight-year period beginning in 1983. The archaeological team discovered a building in the southwestern sector of the Gerasa cardo maximus and identified it as a macellum or Roman food market. Archaeological evidence proves that the macellum, was constructed in the first part of the second century A. D. The building's function changed over a period of approximately seven centuries, beginning in the second century A. D. (Roman period) and extending until the eighth century (Early Islamic period). Of special interest is the use of the ancient market as an industrial area during the Late Byzantine period (late fifth-sixth centuries A. D.)
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Excavation · Hellenistic Period · Islam · Middle Ages · Period (music · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |