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14 - The archaeology of water management in the Jordan Valley from the Epipalaeolithic to the Nabataean, 21,000 BP (19,000 BC) to AD 106

from Part IV - Human settlement, climate change, hydrology and water management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2011

By
Bill Finlayson ,
Jaimie Lovell ,
Sam Smith  and
Steven Mithen
Edited by
Steven Mithen  and
Emily Black
Bill Finlayson
Affiliation:
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
Jaimie Lovell
Affiliation:
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
Sam Smith
Affiliation:
Oxford Brookes University
Steven Mithen
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Steven Mithen
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Emily Black
Affiliation:
University of Reading
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This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for water management in the Jordan Valley between the Last Glacial Maximum at 21,000 years ago and the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom into the Roman Empire at AD 106 – the chronological bounds of the Water, Life and Civilisation project. It summarises the human need for water and available sources in the region before addressing the archaeological evidence for water management in the Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Nabataean, with some consideration of the environmental, demographic social and economic influences that were either a cause or a consequence of changes in water management strategies. Greatest emphasis within the chapter is placed on the Neolithic period in light of relatively new archaeological discoveries that have not previously been drawn together in a review, and on the key role that water management may have played in the transition from hunting and gathering lifestyles. In contrast, the evidence for Nabataean water management has already received extensive consideration from other authors and is succinctly summarised towards the end of this chapter with a set of references leading to further information. As a whole, this chapter seeks to provide the archaeological background for the case studies that follow in Chapters 15–19 of this volume.

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Water, Life and Civilisation
Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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