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Emory University, in association with the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, began an archaeological survey of the plateau between Widi Muijib and the Kerak-Qatr~ina road during 20 July-30 August 1978. This is envisioned as the first of several seasons of exploration in ancient central Moab.' The survey has been undertaken with three main goals in mind: (1) to establish the precise locations of the ancient sites in the area that have been observed and recorded by earlier investigators, (2) to search out and plot the locations ofanyancient sites that these earlier investigators may have missed, and (3) to study the surface remains of the sites of both these categories (fig. 1).
Sites Recorded Already by Earlier InvestigatorsModern explorers and archaeologists have tended to by-pass the plateau between Wadi Mijib and Wadi HesS for several reasons. It is somewhat isolated geographically, cut off by these two wadis, the Dead Sea, and the desert. It was not policed before 1894, which made travel into the interior extremely dangerous. During the present century, Palestinian archaeologists have tended to concentrate on the excavation of tells, and there are no big ones on this plateau. This is not to imply that central Moad escaped the attention of earlier explorers and archaeologists altogether.
Nineteenth-century travelers and explorersKerak was one of four settlements between Widi Muijib and Widi Hesa which survived the demise of village life in the Transjordan during the Mamluk and Turkish periods. Moreover, by the beginning of the 19th century the whole area between these two widis was only nominally under Turkish control. Travelers who attempted to pass through found themselves at the mercy of the Bedouin tribes and especially the sheikhs of Kerak. The latter, enjoying the protection of the city's crusader walls, would swoop down on visitors, carry them into Kerak as prisoners for all practical purposes, and then demand bakhshish or ransom before allowing them to continue on their way. Among the travelers who penetrated central Moab during the 19th century and recorded observations regarding the geography and antiquities of the land were Seetzen (1875-76). Yet the geography of the area still was largely unknown at the beginning of the last decade of the century, because these early travelers' descriptions of the ancient sites usually are brief and nonspecific. Maps of central Moab published during the 19th century are very sketchy and reveal some glaring misconceptions.2 The two most obvious misconceptions can be traced to mistakes in and misreadings of Burckhardt's Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. Regarding the Wadi Miijib, he obs...
This case report describes a 45-year-old female who presented with lateral knee pain over the right proximal tibiofibular joint (PTFJ) managed unsuccessfully with rest, medications, bracing, injection, and physiotherapy. Clinical diagnosis of PTFJ hypomobility was based on concordant symptom reproduction with palpatory tenderness, accessory motion testing, and restricted anterior glide of the fibula. Intervention consisted of Mulligan's mobilization with movement and taping over the right PTFJ with immediate improvements noticed in pain, range of motion, and function. The patient was seen twice a week and was discharged after four treatment sessions. A follow-up after 6 months revealed that the patient was pain free and fully functional.
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