TY - JOUR
T1 - Landscape archaeology in the WćdĪ al-arab region
AU - Soennecken, Katja
AU - Olsvig-Whittaker, Linda
AU - Leiverkus, Patrick
AU - Shmida, Avi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - As an integral part of the Gadara-Region-Project, a survey of the Wādī al-'Arab region was conducted during the years 2009-2012, by the Biblical-Archaeological Institute Wuppertal and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology in order to achieve a better understanding of the hinterland of the main study site Tall Zirāa and to provide answers concerning settlement pattern, trade relationships and the importance of sites throughout time. On the basis of this survey we used ecological approaches to see what correlation might exist between archaeological sites and habitat. Since more than half the sites in this survey had Roman occupation, we asked what difference, if any, was there in the distribution of Roman sites compared to previous occupations. A comparison was made of “new” Roman sites (those not previously occupied in the Hellenistic period) with those that had both Roman and Hellenistic occupation. Open water, riverine habitats, and large archaeological sites all seemed connected. In addition, analysis indicated a correlation of older (more successful or established?) sites with open water and new Roman sites were less related to water. We knew that Roman engineering both of cistern systems and aqueducts opened new areas (such as plateaus) for settlement and exploitation. Hence the weaker correlation of new Roman sites with natural water was reasonable.
AB - As an integral part of the Gadara-Region-Project, a survey of the Wādī al-'Arab region was conducted during the years 2009-2012, by the Biblical-Archaeological Institute Wuppertal and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology in order to achieve a better understanding of the hinterland of the main study site Tall Zirāa and to provide answers concerning settlement pattern, trade relationships and the importance of sites throughout time. On the basis of this survey we used ecological approaches to see what correlation might exist between archaeological sites and habitat. Since more than half the sites in this survey had Roman occupation, we asked what difference, if any, was there in the distribution of Roman sites compared to previous occupations. A comparison was made of “new” Roman sites (those not previously occupied in the Hellenistic period) with those that had both Roman and Hellenistic occupation. Open water, riverine habitats, and large archaeological sites all seemed connected. In addition, analysis indicated a correlation of older (more successful or established?) sites with open water and new Roman sites were less related to water. We knew that Roman engineering both of cistern systems and aqueducts opened new areas (such as plateaus) for settlement and exploitation. Hence the weaker correlation of new Roman sites with natural water was reasonable.
KW - Habitat
KW - Jordan
KW - Landscape archaeology
KW - Multivariate analysis
KW - Roman era
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1515/jlecol-2017-0028
DO - 10.1515/jlecol-2017-0028
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AN - SCOPUS:85048036732
SN - 1803-2427
VL - 10
SP - 100
EP - 108
JO - Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)
JF - Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)
IS - 3
ER -