Al-Bādiyah landscapes in fifth- to tenth-century Jordan: a barometer of change

Alan Walmsley

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Abstract

Stretching from the southern slopes of the Ḥawrān to northern Arabia, the Jordanian Bādiyah is characterised by variously flat, undulating and hilly topography, dry in summer yet potentially greened by pasture after winter rains. In the early 1980s, when new problem-driven field projects began questioning old paradigms, archaeologists and historians became motivated to rethink the role of the Bādiyah in the history of the Arḍ al-Shām (Syria–Palestine), especially in Late Roman/Early Byzantine and Early Islamic times
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReframing the "desert frontier"
Subtitle of host publicationstudies in the ancient Near East and northern Arabia in honour of David Kennedy
EditorsRebecca Repper, Michael Bishop, Robert Bewley
Place of PublicationSydney, NSW
PublisherSydney University Press
Chapter17
Pages371-395
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9781743329979, 9781743329962
ISBN (Print)9781743329955
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Publication series

NameAdapa Monographs
PublisherSydney University Press

Keywords

  • resilience
  • urban archaeology
  • capabilities
  • sustainability science
  • Jordan
  • Desertification
  • village life
  • community assembly
  • landscape archaeology
  • landscape accumulated effects

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