Wādī eṯ-Ṯemed: Archaeological Survey

Supported Sub-Project within the Canadian „Wadi et-Temed Project“ Conducted by Michèle Daviau

Mechthild Ladurner (Wien/Berlin); Anne Lykke (Wien)

The project focuses on the research of Nabataean remains in the semirarid region of Wādī eṯ-Ṯemed in the highlands of central Jordan. Its goal is to collect data concerning the use of land and water, natural resource management and settlement patterns in the Nabataean-Roman period.

Previous campaigns have revealed 31 Nabataean-Roman sites in the area. The main focus of research is on those sites which can – due to their specific topographical setting – demonstrate the clustering of architectural remains, the high number of Nabataean surface finds, their connection to hydraulic installations and man-made modifications of the landscape. These can be interpreted as Nabataean agricultural settlements.

Further Information

F. Schipper / A. Lykke / M. Ladurner, Die Nabatäer – Wandler zwischen den Lebenswelten. Eine archäologische Spurensuche im zentraljordanischen Hochland von Moab in den Jahren 2006 und 2007, in: Wiener Jahrbuch für Theologie 7 (2008), 353 – 377.
A. Lykke / M. Ladurner et al., Neue Forschungen zur nabatäischen Besiedlung der nördlichen Moabitis, in: ZDPV 127/2 (2011), 162 – 174.
M. Ladurner, The Wadi ath-Thamad Regional Survey. Nabataean-Roman Sites in the Wadi ath-Thamad Region, in: ADAJ 55 (2011) (in preperation).
M. Ladurner, Nabataean Agricultural Settlements in Central Jordan: Preliminary report on an example from the Wadi ath-Thamad Region, in: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan 11 (2012), 613 – 623.