When stone is more than stone: Clues to prehistoric resource in Jordan
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Stone artifacts hold vital clues to how ancient groups moved across landscapes and managed their raw material resources. A research project in the Wadi al-Hasa region of Jordan seeks to extract this information through the careful investigation of stone artifacts, naturally occurring stone, and the landscapes from which the raw material is procured in an effort to understand prehistoric resource use during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2006
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Mapping Petra
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The use of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Applied Center for Archaeology (MASCA)'s Sitemap in creating archaeological maps of the ancient Nabatean city of Petra is described. MASCA revealed a probable tripartite division of the area next to the Great Temple complex with areas devoted to religious, to governmental, and to economic activity.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2000
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Paradise found: Petra's urban oasis
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The excavation of the Lower Market area next to the Great Temple complex in the ancient city of Petra is described as revealing the area as a pool complex which was probably associated with a formal garden. Petra attained fame as the capital of the Nabataean kingdom in the 2nd century BC.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2000
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