A survey of the Nabataean/Roman Site, Umm at-Tawabin, Ghor as-Safi, Jordan
Umm at-Tawabin is an extensive Nabataean/Roman site overlooking Wadi al-'Arabah in southern Jordan. The site, as a whole, consists of a number of buildings, circular stone structures, a roadway and other features that are fortified, for the most part, by a lengthy wall and with a predominance o...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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In: |
Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2017, Volume: 149, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-86 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nabataeans
/ Defense
/ Fortification
/ Surveying
/ Jordan
/ Roman Empire
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IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Summary: | Umm at-Tawabin is an extensive Nabataean/Roman site overlooking Wadi al-'Arabah in southern Jordan. The site, as a whole, consists of a number of buildings, circular stone structures, a roadway and other features that are fortified, for the most part, by a lengthy wall and with a predominance of Nabataean and Roman surface pottery on the ground. Up until now, the site has only been documented in brief in a handful of survey reports since its discovery in the late nineteenth century and its chronology has since been the subject of some conjecture among scholars. With a grant from the Palestine Exploration Fund, the author has sought to better understand the occupational history of this undoubted historically important site through survey and by extension, a study of its surface pottery and architectural remains. |
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ISSN: | 1743-1301 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Palestine exploration quarterly
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00310328.2016.1232473 |