Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissen­schaftliche Fakultät - Winckelmann-Institut

Publikationen - Zbigniew T. Fiema

 

Books - Author

2008

Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. Vol I. The Church and the Chapel. Senior co-author with Jaakko Frösén. Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Helsinki.

2001

Petra Church. Senior co-author with C. Kanellopoulos, T. Waliszewski, and R. Schick. ACOR Publication no 3. Amman, Jordan.


Books - Editor

2002

Limes XVIII. Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies held in Amman, Jordan (September 2000). Co-editor with Philip Freeman, Julian Bennett and Birgitta Hoffmann. BAR International Series 1084 (I and II). Oxford.

2002

Petra - A City Forgotten and Rediscovered. A volume associated with the exhibition organized by the Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland Co-editor with Jaakko Frösén. Amos Anderson Museum Publications no. 40. Helsinki, Finland

Unpublished Dissertations

1991

Economics, Administration and Demography of Late Roman and Byzantine Southern Transjordan. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. MS available through the Microfilm Library, University of Chicago.


Refereed Journals and Requested/Conference Contributions

2012

Reinventing the Sacred: from Shrine to Monastery at Jabal Hārūn. Pp. 27-37 in The Nabataeans in Focus: Current Archaeological Research at Petra. L. Nehmé & L. Wadeson, eds. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. Volume 42.

2012

The Palaces of the Nabataean Kings at Petra. Co-author with Stephan G. Schmid, Piotr Bienkowski and Bernhard Kolb. Pp. 73-98 in The Nabataeans in Focus: Current Archaeological Research at Petra. L. Nehmé & L. Wadeson, eds. Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. Volume 42.

2011

Jabal Haroun in the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods. Senior co-author with Jaakko Frösén. Pp.189-196 in Shawbak, i castelli di Petra e la Transgiordania crociato-ayyubide : Archeologia e storia di una terra di frontiera. Guido Vannini, ed. Firenze.

2009

Latin Inscription from the Ridge Church in Petra. Co-author with Olli Salomies. ARCTOS 43: 117-140.

2009

From Goddess to Prophet: 2000 Years of Cult Continuity on the Mountain of Aaron near Petra, Jordan. Co-author with Antti Lahelma. TEMENOS -Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, vol. 44, no 2, pp. 191-222.

2008

Remarks on the Development and Significance of the Colonnaded Street in Petra, Jordan. Pp. 161-168 in La rue dans l’antiquité. Définition, Aménagement, Devenir. Actes du colloque de Poitiers, 7-9 Septembre 2006. P. Ballet, N. Dieudonné-Glad and C. Saliou, eds. Rennes: Presses universitaires.

2008

Aaron. IV. Archaeological Evidence. Co-author with Jaakko Frösén. Electronic version of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (EBR). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. 2007 Storing in the Church: Artefacts in Room I of the Petra Church. Pp. 607-623 in Objects in Context, Objects in Use. L. Lavan, E. Swift and T. Putzeys, eds. Late Antiquity Archaeology, vol 5. Leiden: Brill.

2007

The Byzantine Military in the Petra Papyri - A Summary. Pp. 313-319 in The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest. Proceedings of a Colloquium held in Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy, 10-13 May 2005. Ariel S. Lewin and Pietrina Pellegrini, eds. BAR International Series 1717, Oxford.

2007

Observations on the Byzantine Church at Jabal Harun near Petra, Jordan. Pp. 379-388 inStudies in the Archaeology and History of Jordan IX. Amman. Pp. 261-270.

2006

City and Countryside in Byzantine Palestine. Prosperity in Question. Pp. 67-88 in Settlements and Demography in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Proceedings of the Colloquiumin Matera, 27-19 October 2005. A. S. Lewin and P. Pellegrini, eds. Pisa-Roma 2004

Ancient Water Management System in the Area of Jabal Harûn, Petra. Co-author with M. Lavento, M. Huotari, H. Jansson, and S. Silvonen. Pp.163-172 in Men of Dikes and Canals: The Archaeology of Water in the Middle East. Proceedings of the Conference held in Petra–Wadi
Musa, September 1999. H.-D. Bienert and J. Häser, eds. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Orient-Archäologie, Band 13. Rahden/Westf.; Verlag Marie Leidorf.

2003

Roman Petra (A.D. 106-363). A Neglected Subject. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 119/1, pp. 38-58.

2003

The Byzantine Monastic/Pilgrimage Center of St. Aaron near Petra, Jordan. Pp. 343-358 in One Land - Many Cultures. Archaeological Studies in Honour of Stanislao Loffreda OFM. G. Claudio Bottini, L. Di Segni and L. Daniel Chrupcala, eds. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press.

2003

Observations on the Byzantine Church at Jabal Haroun near Petra, Jordan. ARCTOS - Acta Philologica Fennica, vol. XXXVII, pp. 53-68.

2002

Historical Context. Pp. 1-4 in The Petra Papyri I. By J. Frösén, A. Arjava and M. Lehtinen. ACOR Publication no 4. Amman, Jordan.

2002

Archaeological Context of the Petra Papyri. Pp. 5-8 in The Petra Papyri I. By J. Frösén, A. Arjava and M. Lehtinen. ACOR Publication no 4. Amman, Jordan.

2002

Chronological Systems used in the Petra Papyri. Pp. 17-18 in The Petra Papyri I. By J. Frösén, A. Arjava and M. Lehtinen. Co-author with A. Arjava. ACOR Publication no 4. Amman, Jordan.

2002

The Military Presence in the Countryside of Petra in the 6th Century. Pp. 131-36 in Limes XVIII. Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies held inAmman, Jordan, September 2000. Philip Freeman, Julian Bennett , Zbigniew T. Fiema and Birgitta Hoffmann, eds. BAR International Series 1084 (I and II). Oxford.

2002

Petra and Its Hinterland during the Byzantine Period: New Research and Interpretations. Pp. 191-252 in Roman and Byzantine Near East: Some New Discoveries III J. Humphrey, ed. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series no. 49. Portsmouth, RI.
 

2001

Byzantine Petra - A Reassessment. Pp. 111-131 in Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity III : Urban Centers and Rural in Late Antiquity. T. S. Burns and J. W. Eadie, eds. East Lansing:
Michigan State University Press.

2001

Petra’s Urban Center - New Archaeological Evidence. Pp. 433-436 in Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan VII. Amman: Dept. of Antiquities.

1999

"Kharaneh" and "Hallabat.” P. 238 in A Guide to the Late Antique World. G. W. Bowersock, P. Brown, and O. Grabar, eds. Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press.

1998

La découverte des papyrus byzantins de Pétra. Comptes rendus des Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Séances de l’année 1997 (Juillet-Octobre), no. 141.3, pp. 733-738.

1997

At-Tuwana - The Development and Decline of a Classical Town in Southern Jordan (with a note on site preservation). Pp. 313-317 in Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan VI. Gh. Bisheh, M. Zaghloul, and I. Kehrberg, eds. Amman: Dept. of Antiquities.

1997

Petra Romana et Byzantina. Pp. 145-157 and 159-160 in Petra - Antike Felsstadt zwischen Arabischer Tradition und Griechischer Norm. Th. Weber and R. Wenning, eds. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern.

1996

Nabataean and Palmyrene Commerce - The Mechanisms of Intensification. Pp. 189-195 in The Proceedings of the International Conference on Palmyra and the Silk Road. Les Annales Archeologiques Arabes Syriennes, vol XLII. Damascus.

1995  Military Architecture and "Defense" System in Roman-Byzantine Southern Jordan. A Critical Appraisal of Recent Interpretations. Pp. 261-270 in Studies in the Archaeology and History of Jordan V. Amman. Pp. 261-270.

1992

Tahpanhes. Co-author with R.N. Jones. Pp. 308-309 in The Anchor Bible Dictionary VI. David Noel Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday.

1992

The Islamic Conquest of Southern Jordan. A New Research Perspective. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, XXXVI, pp. 325-333.

1990

The Nabataean King-List Revised. Further Observations on the Second Nabataean Inscription from Tell esh-Shuqafiyeh in Egypt. Senior co-author with R.N. Jones. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XXXIV, pp. 239-248.

1988

The Era of Bostra - A Reconsideration. Pp. 109-121 in The Proceedings of the XXXV Corso di cultura sull'arte Ravennate e Bizantina. Raffaella Farioli Campanati and Gianfranco Fiaccadori, eds. Ravenna, Italy.

1988

A Second Nabataean Inscription from Tell esh-Shuqafiyeh, Egypt. Co-author with R.N. Jones and P.C. Hammond. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 269: 47-57.

1987

The Inscriptions from the Siq of Petra. Remarks on the Initial Garrison of Arabia. Co-author with Fawzi Zayadine. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XXX, pp. 199-207.

1987

A Nabataean Sculptor's Signature from Petra. Senior co-author with R.N. Jones. Annual of the
Department of Antiquities of Jordan XXX, pp. 329-333.

1987

The Annexation of Arabia–A General Perspective. Ancient World XV, Nos 1-2: pp. 25-35.

1987

Study of the Late Bronze II Cylinder Seal from Baq'ah. P. 292 in The Baq'ah Archaeological Project, by Patrick E. McGovern. University of Pennsylvania Monograph Series.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

1987

Remarks on the Sculptors from Hegra. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 46, no. 1, pp. 49-54.

1986

An Inscription from the Temple of Bel in Palmyra Reconsidered. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 243: 81-84.

1985

Hebrew Inscription from Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt XXII, pp. 117-118.


Fieldwork Reports

2010

Area 2: A Preliminary Report. Pp. 87-108 in Hegra I. Report on the First Excavation Season at Medain Salih, Saudi Arabia. A Series of Refereed Archaeological Studies no. 6. L. Nehmé, D. al-Talhi, and F. Villeneuve, eds. Riyadh : Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities.

2007

Umm Rattam Survey: Specialized Reports. Co-author with M. Lindner , H. Jansson and Y. Gerber. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 51: 243-257.

2004

The 2003 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, M. Lavento, K. Ch. Danielli, R. Holmgren, J. Latikka, A. Rajala, and A. Lahelma. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLVIII, pp. 290-319.

2003

The 2002 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, M. Lavento, K. Ch. Danielli, R. Holmgren, J. Latikka, A. Rajala, N. Heiska, and A. Lahelma. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLVII, pp. 295-320.

2002

The 2001 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, K. Koistinen, J. Studer, Ch. Danielli, R. Holmgren, Y. Gerber, N. Heiska, and A. Lahelma. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLVI, pp. 391-407.

2001

The 2000 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, K. Koistinen, M. Lavento, R. Holmgren, Y. Gerber, E. Mikkola, R. Ylönen-Peltonen, N. Heiska and A. Lahelma. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLV, pp. 359-376

2001

The 1998-2000 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Specialized Reports. Co-author with J. Frösén, C. Danielli, J. Studer, Y. Gerber, D. Keller, H. Jansson, J. Lindblom, T. Tenhunen and E. Hertell. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLV, pp. 377-92.

2000

The 1999 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: A Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, M. Lavento, K. Koistinen, R. Holmgren, and Y. Gerber. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLIV, pp. 385-424.

1999

The 1998 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project: Preliminary Report. Co-author with J. Frösén, M. Lavento, K. Koistinen, R. Holmgren. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLIII, pp. 369-410.

1998

The Finnish Jabal Haroun Project: A Preliminary Report on the 1997 Reconnaissance. Coauthor with J. Frösén, M. Lavento, K. Koistinen, A. Siiriainen and H. Haggrén. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLII, pp. 420-39.

1998

The 1998 Finnish Jabal Harûn Project. Preliminary Report. Co-author with Jaakko Frösén, Katri Koistinen and Mika Lavento. Liber Annuus XLVIII, pp. 525-533.

1998

The 1997 Roman Street in Petra Project - A Preliminary Report. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XLII, pp. 395-424.

1995

The Petra Church Project 1992-1994. Interim Report. Senior co-author with R. Schick and Kh. 'Amr. Pp. 289-303 in The Roman and Byzantine Near East: Some Recent Archaeological Research. J. Humphrey, ed. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series, 14. Portsmouth, RI.

1993

Tuwaneh and the Via Nova Traiana in SW Jordan. A Short Note on the 1992 Season. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan XXXVII, pp. 549-50.

1993

The Petra Church Project, 1992-93. A Preliminary Report. Co-author with R. Schick and Kh. 'Amr. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, XXXVII, pp. 55-66.


Book Reviews

2012

Review of Mountaintop Sanctuaries at Petra. By Zvi Uri Ma’oz. Archaostyle Scientific Research Series 6. Archaostyle, Qazrin 2008. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71/1, pp. 162-163.

2011

Review of Petra ez Zantur III. Ergebnissse des Schweizerisch-Liechtensteinischen Ausgrabungen. Teil 1. Daniel Keller, Die Gläser aus Petra. Teil 2. Matthias Grawehr, Die Lampen der Grabungen auf ez Zantur in Petra. Mainz: von Zabern 2006. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 70/1, pp. 149-150.

2010

Review of H. Sivan. Palestine on Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Antiquites tardives 18.

2010

Review of Qasr al-Buleida': a Late Roman-Byzantine Fortified Settlement on the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan. Oxford, 2009. By Alexandra Ariotti. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 126, 1, p. 77-80.

2010

Review of Les églises d’époque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie. Ve-VIIIe siecle. Typologie architecturale et aménagements liturgiques. Turnhout: Brepols, 2001. By Anne Michel. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 156-158.

2007

Review of Quellen zur Geschichte der Nabatäer–Textsammlung mit Übersetzung und Kommentar by U. Hackl, H. Jenni and Ch. Schneider. Freiburg/Göttingen 2003. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 66, no 2, pp. 157-158.

2007

Review of Petra and the Nabataeans–A Bibliography, by G. A. Crawford. Lanham 2003. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 66, no 2, pp. 156-157.

2005

Review of Petra, by Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo and Eugenia Equini Schneider. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 64, no 3, pp. 212-213.

2004

Review of Petra Ez Zantur II. Egebnisse der Schweizerisch - Liechtensteinischen Ausgrabungen. Teil 1. St. G. Schmid: Die Feinkeramik der Nabatäer, Typologie, Chronologie und kulturhistorische Hintengründe. Teil 2: B. Kolb: Die spätantiken Wohnbauten von ez Zantur in Petra und der Wohnhausbau in Palästina von 4.-6. Jh. n. Ch. Mainz: von Zabern, 2000. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63, no 3, pp. 230-232.

2002

Review of Petra: ez Zantur II. Egebnisse der Schweizerisch - Liechtensteinischen Ausgrabungen. Teil 1. St. G. Schmid: Die Feinkeramik der Nabatäer, Typologie, Chronologie und kulturhistorische Hintengründe. Teil 2: B. Kolb: Die spätantiken Wohnbauten von ez6 Zantur in Petra und der Wohnhausbau in Palästina von 4.-6. Jh. n. Ch. Mainz: von Zabern 2000. Arctos - Acta Philologica Fennica XXXVI, pp. 207-8.

1999

Barriers, Barracks and Beyond - Remarks on Some Current Roman Military Studies (Reviews of W. Groenman-van Waateringe, et al., eds. Roman Frontier Studies 1995, Oxford 1997; J. Napoli. Recherches sur les fortifications linéaires Romaines, Rome 1997; E. Grönke. Das Römische Alenkastell Biricianae in Weissenburg I. Bay. Die Grabungen von 1890 bis 1990, Mainz 1997; H. Friesinger and F. Krinzinger, eds. Der Römische Limes in Österreich:
Führer zu den Archäologischen Denkmälern, Vienna 1997). American Journal of Archaeology,103: 348-352.1998

Petra. Ez Zantur I. Ergebnisse des Schweizerisch-Liechtensteinischen Ausgrabungen 1988-1992., by A. Bignasca et al. Mainz : von Zabern, 1996. Arctos - Acta Philologica Fennica XXXII, pp. 120.

1997

Roman Roads in Judaea II, by M. Fischer, B. Isaac, and I. Roll. Oxford 1996. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 305: 17-19.

1991

The Late Hellenistic -Early Roman Pottery from the Nabatean Oboda, by A. Negev. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 50, no. 1, pp. 66-69.

 

Manuscripts Forthcoming

Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. Vol II. The Nabataean Cultic Center and the Byzantine Monastery.
Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica. To appear in 2012.

Roman Army in Late Antique Papyri. Co-author with Jaakko Frösén. To Appear in the Encyclopaedia
of the Roman Army. Y. De Bohec, ed. To appear in 2012.