Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)

G. W. Barker; R. Adams; O. H. Creighton; D. D. Gilbertson; J. P. Grattan; C. O. Hunt; D. J. Mattingly; S. J. McLaren; H. A. Mohamed; P. Newson; T. E.G. Reynolds; D. C. Thomas

doi:10.1179/007589198790217133

Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)

G. W. Barker, R. Adams, O. H. Creighton, D. D. Gilbertson, J. P. Grattan, C. O. Hunt, D. J. Mattingly, S. J. McLaren, H. A. Mohamed, P. Newson, T. E.G. Reynolds, D. C. Thomas

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

39 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This report describes the second season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers integrating geomorphological, palaeoecological, archaeological and hydrological studies to construct a model of landscape development for the past 10,000 years in the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. Geomorphological fieldwork has provided further understanding of the sedimentary fills of the survey area, and underlined the importance of tectonic activity as a controlling environmental process. Over half of the complex field system WF4 has been recorded in terms of wall construetion, suiface artefacts, and hydrological features. A complex sequence of settlement and land use is emerging from these studies, especially regarding systems of floodwater farming over the past three thousand years. Field observations of wadi downcutting and preliminary pollen analysis both suggest that one factor in this development has been considerable environmental change over the same period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-25
Number of pages	21
Journal	Levant
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/007589198790217133
Publication status	Published - Jan 1998

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1179/007589198790217133

Permanent link

Persistent link

Cite this

Barker, G. W., Adams, R., Creighton, O. H., Gilbertson, D. D., Grattan, J. P., Hunt, C. O., Mattingly, D. J., McLaren, S. J., Mohamed, H. A., Newson, P., Reynolds, T. E. G., & Thomas, D. C. (1998). Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997). Levant, 30(1), 5-25. https://doi.org/10.1179/007589198790217133

@article{7c5c00e47ffd408b8b357432b8e1deed,

title = "Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)",

abstract = "This report describes the second season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers integrating geomorphological, palaeoecological, archaeological and hydrological studies to construct a model of landscape development for the past 10,000 years in the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. Geomorphological fieldwork has provided further understanding of the sedimentary fills of the survey area, and underlined the importance of tectonic activity as a controlling environmental process. Over half of the complex field system WF4 has been recorded in terms of wall construetion, suiface artefacts, and hydrological features. A complex sequence of settlement and land use is emerging from these studies, especially regarding systems of floodwater farming over the past three thousand years. Field observations of wadi downcutting and preliminary pollen analysis both suggest that one factor in this development has been considerable environmental change over the same period.",

author = "Barker, {G. W.} and R. Adams and Creighton, {O. H.} and Gilbertson, {D. D.} and Grattan, {J. P.} and Hunt, {C. O.} and Mattingly, {D. J.} and McLaren, {S. J.} and Mohamed, {H. A.} and P. Newson and Reynolds, {T. E.G.} and Thomas, {D. C.}",

year = "1998",

month = jan,

doi = "10.1179/007589198790217133",

language = "English",

volume = "30",

pages = "5--25",

journal = "Levant",

issn = "0075-8914",

publisher = "Taylor & Francis",

number = "1",

}

Barker, GW, Adams, R, Creighton, OH, Gilbertson, DD, Grattan, JP, Hunt, CO, Mattingly, DJ, McLaren, SJ, Mohamed, HA, Newson, P, Reynolds, TEG & Thomas, DC 1998, 'Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)', Levant, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 5-25. https://doi.org/10.1179/007589198790217133

TY - JOUR

T1 - Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan

T2 - The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)

AU - Barker, G. W.

AU - Adams, R.

AU - Creighton, O. H.

AU - Gilbertson, D. D.

AU - Grattan, J. P.

AU - Hunt, C. O.

AU - Mattingly, D. J.

AU - McLaren, S. J.

AU - Mohamed, H. A.

AU - Newson, P.

AU - Reynolds, T. E.G.

AU - Thomas, D. C.

PY - 1998/1

Y1 - 1998/1

N2 - This report describes the second season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers integrating geomorphological, palaeoecological, archaeological and hydrological studies to construct a model of landscape development for the past 10,000 years in the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. Geomorphological fieldwork has provided further understanding of the sedimentary fills of the survey area, and underlined the importance of tectonic activity as a controlling environmental process. Over half of the complex field system WF4 has been recorded in terms of wall construetion, suiface artefacts, and hydrological features. A complex sequence of settlement and land use is emerging from these studies, especially regarding systems of floodwater farming over the past three thousand years. Field observations of wadi downcutting and preliminary pollen analysis both suggest that one factor in this development has been considerable environmental change over the same period.

AB - This report describes the second season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers integrating geomorphological, palaeoecological, archaeological and hydrological studies to construct a model of landscape development for the past 10,000 years in the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. Geomorphological fieldwork has provided further understanding of the sedimentary fills of the survey area, and underlined the importance of tectonic activity as a controlling environmental process. Over half of the complex field system WF4 has been recorded in terms of wall construetion, suiface artefacts, and hydrological features. A complex sequence of settlement and land use is emerging from these studies, especially regarding systems of floodwater farming over the past three thousand years. Field observations of wadi downcutting and preliminary pollen analysis both suggest that one factor in this development has been considerable environmental change over the same period.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0003330441&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1179/007589198790217133

DO - 10.1179/007589198790217133

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0003330441

SN - 0075-8914

VL - 30

SP - 5

EP - 25

JO - Levant

JF - Levant

IS - 1

ER -

Environment and land use in the wadi faynan, southern Jordan: The second season of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology (1997)

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Permanent link

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this