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Autore: |
Huigens Harmen O.
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Titolo: |
Mobile peoples - permanent places : nomadic landscapes and stone architecture from the Hellenistic to early Islamic periods in north-eastern Jordan / / Harmen O. Huigens
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2019] |
©2019 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
Disciplina: | 305.906918095695 |
Soggetto topico: | Stone buildings - Jordan - Antiquities |
Soggetto geografico: | Jordan Civilization Antiquities |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure 1.1 Examples of stone-built features from harra landscapes in north-eastern Jordan, including (a) a cairn with a pendant tail extending towards the left, (b) a wheel or jellyfish, (c) a desert kite, and (d) a series of enclosures. Aerial photos by -- Figure 1.2 Map of modern Jordan indicating the extent of the Harrat ash-Sham basalt field. Drawn by M. Kriek. -- Figure 1.3 Map of the Black Desert and its surrounding, indicating the Jebel Qurma region (1) and sites referred to in this book: 2) Maitland's Mesa -- 3) Wisad Pools -- 4) Cairn of Hani' -- 5) al-Risha -- 6) Burqu' -- 7) Ithra -- 8) Kaf -- 9) Hazim -- 10) Khirbet 'Umari -- Figure 2.1 Satellite photo of the Jebel Qurma region, with relevant features indicated (insert: location of the study area (green) in Jordan). Base map: Landsat 7, true colours. -- Figure 2.2 A harra surface in the Jebel Qurma region showing the densely packed fields of angular basalt rocks. -- Figure 2.3 Two seasonal conditions of Wadi Rajil: completely dry with steeply carved banks -- and filled with fast flowing water after torrential rains. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 2.4 A mudflat before and after heavy rainfall. Photos of the Jebel Qurma region by author (right) and P. Akkermans (left). -- Figure 2.5 The Jebel Qurma region, outlined in blue, with the borders (i.e. watersheds) of its three drain-age basins indicated in red. Base map: Landsat 7, true colours. Watershed boundaries are based on HydroSHEDs data. -- Figure 2.6 The Jebel Qurma region on false colour Landsat 8 imagery (bands 7-6-5), highlighting litho-logical differences on the surface: (1) basalt -- (2) sand covering basalts -- (3) chert -- and (4) mudflats. |
Figure 2.7 A 90 m resolution SRTM DEM of the Jebel Qurma region (green) overlain by a 12 m resolu-tion WorldDEM (red). -- Figure 2.8 Geological map of the Jebel Qurma region. Adapted from Abdelhamid (1999) and Rabba' (1998, 2005). -- Figure 2.9 Elevation map of the Jebel Qurma region with relevant topographic features indicated. Base map: SRTM DEM. -- Figure 2.10 The Jibal Fuluq Dhalma in the Jebel Qurma region, featuring low flint-covered hills intersected by deep, narrow wadis. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 2.11 The Qurma plateau has steep slopes leading up to an extensive upland -- broad valleys run down from this upland. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 2.12 Table mounts in the Jebel Qurma region, including Jebel Qurma (top) and an aerial view of the table mount near Wadi Qattafi (bottom). Photos by P. Akkermans (top) and D. Boyer (bottom -- courtesy of APAAME). -- Figure 2.13 Extensive gravel plains and low isolated hillocks in the Hazimah area of the Jebel Qurma re-gion. Photos by author. -- Figure 2.14 Result of a Hillslope Position Classification, which differentiates between various topographic features based on slope degree, elevation, and surface curvature. -- Figure 2.15 Proportion of topographic features in the western part of the Jebel Qurma region, based on the Hillslope Position Classification. -- Figure 2.16 Surface Cover Classification of the Jebel Qurma region based on Landsat 8 imagery (see Figure 2.6). -- Figure 2.17 Proportion of different types of surface covers in the Jebel Qurma region, based on the Sur-face Cover Classification. Absolute area sizes (in km2) are indicated. -- Figure 2.18 Mudflat sediments (pink) in the Jebel Qurma region that appear to have partially buried a wall feature (indicated by arrows). Base image: Ikonos satellite photo. | |
Figure 2.19 Windblown sand deposits in the Jebel Qurma region partially covering a number of archaeo -- Figure 2.20 Relative degree of surface slope in the western part of the Jebel Qurma region. Darker shades indicate steep slopes while lighter shades indicate gentler slopes. Based on WorldDEM. -- Figure 2.21 Cost Surface Raster showing the relative cost of movement on a scale of 2 (low cost) to 10 (high cost) through the western part of the Jebel Qurma region based on slope degree and surface cover. -- Figure 2.22 Drainage patterns in the western part of the Jebel Qurma region, showing wadi courses as modelled based on WorldDEM data, and mudflats indicated on topographic maps. Base image: WorldDEM slope map. -- Figure 2.23 Classification of different drainage systems in the western part of the Jebel Qurma region. Base image: WorldDEM slope map. -- Figure 2.24 Perennial vegetation in various wadis of the Jebel Qurma region. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 2.25 Annual/biennial vegetation in various landscapes of the Jebel Qurma region. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 2.26 Visual Prominence Classification of the western part of the Jebel Qurma region. -- Figure 2.27 Result of a Skyline analysis of the western part of the Jebel Qurma region. Landscape features that are most dominant on the horizon are indicated in red. Base map: WorldDEM. -- Figure 2.28 Examples of dominant skylines in the landscapes of the Jebel Qurma region. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.1 Area surveyed between 2012 and 2016 in white, with the survey transects in the Hazimah plains indicated in blue. Base image: Landsat 7. -- Figure 3.2 Systematic transect surveying in the Hazimah plains. Photo by -- Figure 3.3 Team members documenting features in a harra landscape. | |
Figure 3.4 Sites of varying sizes. The very large site of QUR-162 comprising several large enclosures and other features (left). The small site of QUR-250 comprising a single isolated stone feature (right). -- Figure 3.5 Photogrammetrically reconstructed top view of a cairn -- Figure 3.6 Corona imagery of the Jebel Qurma region (courtesy of the USGS) with the extent of available Ikonos imagery indicated in purple. -- Figure 3.7 An archaeological feature observed on various imagery types. Scale is 100 m. Top: Corona satellite image (courtesy of the USGS). Middle: Ikonos image (courtesy of Jordan Oil Shale Company). Bottom: APAAME image (photo by D. Kennedy, courtesy of -- Figure 3.8 Example of Ikonos imagery showing two cairns, a small enclosure, and a path running between them. -- Figure 3.9 Occurrences of fabrics in the Hellenistic/Roman period (Hel/Roman) and the Byzantine/Early Islamic period (Byz/EI). The final column shows fabrics that could only be broadly assigned between the Hellenistic to Early Islamic periods. -- Figure 3.10 Silver tetradrachm minted in 130/129 BC under Antiochos VII in Tyre, discovered at a looted cairn at QUR-238 (inventory number QUR238/A1). The grey-brown colour represents tarnish. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.11 Safaitic inscription and associated petroglyphs (QUR-64, RA-152). Scale is 20 cm. Photo by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.12 Enclosures in the Jebel Qurma region as seen from the air and on the ground. Top row: single enclosure at QUR-379. Bottom row: grouped enclosure at QUR-123. Scale is 40 m. -- Figure 3.13 Clearings on the edge of a mudflat. Top: clearings indicated by red arrows on Ikonos satellite imagery (scale is 100 m). Bottom: a clearing at QUR-882. Photo by P. Akkermans. | |
Figure 3.14 Histogram showing the number of cairns documented through pedestrian surveys per size class according to diameter (in meters). -- Figure 3.15 Two types of cairns with façades. Left: a small cairn with a relatively low façade (QUR-943). Right: a large Tower Tomb featuring a high, neatly stacked façade (QUR-64). Scale is 50 cm. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.16 Low cairn featuring a circular outline of larger stones in the centre (QUR-529). Scale is 50 cm. Photo by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.17 The top of two cairns featuring a depression in the centre, at QUR-207 (left) and QUR-943 (right). Scale is 50 cm. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.18 Centre of a cairn at QUR-207 featuring a looted chamber with part of its corbelled wall -- Figure 3.19 Cairn at QUR-27 featuring a partially collapsed/looted roof construction on the top. Scale is 50 cm. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.20 Central part of a burial cairn at QUR-148 disturbed by recent looting activities. Photos by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.21 Low cairn at QUR-249 with a small annex in front of it. Scale is 50 cm. Photo by P. Akkermans. -- Figure 3.22 Examples of a pendant as viewed from the air and from the ground. Photos by D. Kennedy (left, courtesy of APAAME) and P. Akkermans (right -- QUR-32). -- Figure 3.23 Box-and-whisker plot of the length of pendants documented though pedestrian surveys in the Jebel Qurma region. -- Figure 3.24 Radar chart showing the orientation from which pendants diverge from the main cairn. Abso-lute amounts are indicated between parentheses (for one of the pendants the orientation is unknown). The p-value of the variation is 0.45, indicating tha -- Figure 3.25 A pendant overlying a prehistoric wheel and enclosure at QUR-147. Aerial photograph by K. Henderson/N. Qaili, courtesy of APAAME. | |
Figure 3.26 Two desert kites in the Jebel Qurma region, featuring an apex (A) and guiding walls (B). Traced from Ikonos satellite imagery. Base image: WorldDEM slope map. | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This study explores the relationship between nomadic communities in the Black Desert of north-eastern Jordan (c. 300 BC and 900 AD) and the landscapes they inhabited and extensively modified. This book focuses on the architectural features created in the landscape some 2000 years ago which were used and revisited on multiple occasions. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mobile peoples - permanent places ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-78969-314-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824165003321 |
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