Landscape Archaeology in the Wādī al-ʿArab Region

Abstract

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 Zirāʿa and to provide answers concerning settlement pattern, trade relationships and the importance of sites throughout time.

Keywords

• landscape archaeology
• jordan
• roman era
• habitat
• survey
• multivariate analysis