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Research paper thumbnail of Eastern Frontier - Archaeopress

Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Eastern Frontiers, 2022

Un tour d'angle du fort de Qasr Bshir (Jordanie). Career-map of Claudius Paternus Clementianus, a... more Un tour d'angle du fort de Qasr Bshir (Jordanie). Career-map of Claudius Paternus Clementianus, a senior o cer, who made his way from the lower Rhine, to the Danube, to the Middle East, to Sardinia, Tunisia and nally Austria Cursus honorum de Claudius Paternus Clementianus, o cier de rang élevé, qui poursuivit sa carrière du Rhin inférieur vers le Danube, la Palestine, la Sardaigne, la Tunisie et jusqu'en Autriche. Qaşr Bshĭr, Jordan; the reservoir with the fort behind Qaşr Bshĭr, en Jordanie : le réservoir et le fort à l'arrière-plan

Research paper thumbnail of Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions.

Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions. , 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Nice Meating: The canabae legionis livestock market at Nijmegen revisited.

In: Ivleva T., Bruin J. de, Driessen M.J. (Eds.) Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions. Oxford: Oxbow Books., 2018

It is rich in livestock, but they are mostly undersized… The people take pride in their quantity,... more It is rich in livestock, but they are mostly undersized… The people take pride in their quantity, for cattle are their sole, greatly prized wealth.

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. dl. 1 (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 1)

This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The fi... more This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The first systematic excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg - situated along the Corbulo canal between Rhine and Meuse rivers – begun by Caspar Reuvens (Leiden University) in the 19th century. Reuvens’ and Jan Hendrik Holwerda’s excavations in the early 20th century (RMO), uncovered structures of a Roman planned settlement with a surrounding wall plus ditches, a rectangular street grid and lay-out and large Roman public baths. This site was initially interpreted as a fleet station of the classis germanica, and later on reinterpreted as the Roman town Forum Hadriani, which served as the capital for the civitas of the Cananefati. The hand of the central Roman authority can be felt all around the coastal delta area of the Low Countries. This varies from infrastructural adjustments, building and keeping up the frontier line with all kind of military installations, to the construction of new planned towns.
Excavations carried out in three large trenches in 2007/2008 were undertaken in the expectation of examining two - possibly three - insulae of this Roman town in Voorburg-Arentsburg. It surprised us when the excavations in two trenches uncovered a river channel 110 metres in length with a tapering width of at least 41 metres in the south and 28 metres in the north. In the second and early third century this Voorburg river channel was dredged at least three times, in order to transform this into a harbour basin of the desired proportions. The last seems to be the case as the channel is on the northern, western and eastern side by quay installations. The base of these quay works consisted in large pointed straightened oak posts which were driven in the ground. Two construction phases can be distinguished, one around 160 CE and a second phase around 210 CE.
The location of the harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg – between the Rhine and Meuse near the North Sea coast which lacked natural harbours - and the nature and provenances of the retrieved materials fuelled the idea that this harbour was not only laid out to supply this central place of the civitas Cananefatium. The harbour was pivotal in the provisioning of the military in the coastal zone of the West Netherlands, but was constructed as well for supra-regional aims. Our natural coastal delta with favourable off-shore winds and currents will have stimulated not only the Roman coastal trade, but most probably also that to and from Southern and Northern Britain. This study provides enough arguments to suggest that the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg played a role in the transit routes towards Britannia.

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. Dl. 2 (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 2)

Research paper thumbnail of Bouwen om te blijven. De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen.

De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Mark Driessen BOUWEN... more De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Mark Driessen BOUWEN OM TE BLIJVEN RAM Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 151 • De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen BOUWEN OM TE BLIJVEN Mark Driessen Bouwen om te blijven Bouwen om te blijven De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen AcAdemisch proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula der Universiteit op woensdag 12 december 2007, te 16.00 uur door Marius Jacobus Driessen geboren te Rotterdam Colofon RACM Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 151 Bouwen om te blijven De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Auteur: Mark Driessen Illustraties en omslag: Jos Kaarsemaker, Zwaag Lay-out: Bert Brouwenstijn Grafisch Ontwerp, Almere Omslagillustratie: Wilma Schipholt, Een scheiding is niet nodig, 2001 Druk: PrintPartners Ipskamp, Enschede

Research paper thumbnail of TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

"Driessen, M., Heeren, S., Hendriks, J., Kemmers, F. & Visser, R. (eds.), 2009: TRAC 2008: Procee... more "Driessen, M., Heeren, S., Hendriks, J., Kemmers, F. & Visser, R. (eds.), 2009: TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008, Oxford.

ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-351-0
ISBN-10: 1-84217-351-0

Table of Contents

Preface

Forced labour, mines, and space: exploring the control of mining communities (Hannah Friedman)

Feeling like home: Romanised rural landscape from a Gallo-Roman point of view (Cecilia Courbot-Dewerdt)

Centrality in its place: Defining urban space in the city of Rome (David J. Newsome)

Finding your way in the Subura (Simon Malmberg)

Amateur metal detector finds and Romano-British settlement: A methodological case study from Wiltshire (Tom Brindle)

Meat consumption in Roman Britain: The evidence from stable isotopes (Colleen Cummings)

Barley and horsesL Surplus and demand in the civitas Batavorum (Ivo Vossen and Maaike Groot)

The way to a Roman soldier's heart: A post-medieval model for cattle droving to the Hadrian's Wall area (Sue Stallibrass)

Creating a community: The symbolic role of tumuli in the villa landscape of the civitas Tungrorum (Laura Crowley)

'Montani atque agrestes' or women of substance? Dichotomies of gender and role in ancient Samnium (Amy Richardson)

Native ServiceL 'Batavian' pottery in 'Roman' military context (Eef Stoffels)

The natural will: Community in Roman archaeology (Robert Wanner)

The social world of Roman fullonicae (Miko Flohr)

The dichotomy in Romano-Celtic syncretism: Some preliminary thoughts on vernacular religion (D. Martin Goldberg)"

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. dl. 3 - Bijlagen (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 3 - Appendices).

8 aanwezige ijzer(hydr)oxide neerslagen, zodat ze niet als grote samenhangende roder-gekleurde ve... more 8 aanwezige ijzer(hydr)oxide neerslagen, zodat ze niet als grote samenhangende roder-gekleurde verschijnselen eruit springen.

Research paper thumbnail of Terra sigillata uit Oppidum Batavorum. Opgravingen op de St. Josephhof in Nijmegen. Vol. 3

Papers by Mark Driessen

Research paper thumbnail of De verdedigingswerken van de Romeinse legerplaatsen op de Hunerberg, Nijmegen-Oost : archeologisch onderzoek : Archeologische berichten Nijmegen

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruḥ Intervisibility : Antique Communication Networks in the Hinterland of Petra

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg : een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas

ABSTRACT In this publication the results of the analyses of the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsb... more ABSTRACT In this publication the results of the analyses of the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg (NL) are presented. This fully inclusive and integrated study of more than 1000 pages is published in two volumes. The publication is written in Dutch, but has got an extensive synthesis/summary in English. This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The first systematic excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg - situated along the Corbulo canal between Rhine and Meuse rivers – begun by Caspar Reuvens (Leiden University) in the 19th century. Reuvens’ and Jan Hendrik Holwerda’s excavations in the early 20th century (RMO), uncovered structures of a Roman planned settlement with a surrounding wall plus ditches, a rectangular street grid and lay-out and large Roman public baths. This site was initially interpreted as a fleet station of the classis germanica, and later on reinterpreted as the Roman town Forum Hadriani, which served as the capital for the civitas of the Cananefati. The hand of the central Roman authority can be felt all around the coastal delta area of the Low Countries. This varies from infrastructural adjustments, building and keeping up the frontier line with all kind of military installations, to the construction of new planned towns. Excavations carried out in three large trenches in 2007/2008 were undertaken in the expectation of examining two - possibly three - insulae of this Roman town in Voorburg-Arentsburg. It surprised us when the excavations in two trenches uncovered a river channel 110 metres in length with a tapering width of at least 41 metres in the south and 28 metres in the north. In the second and early third century this Voorburg river channel was dredged at least three times, in order to transform this into a harbour basin of the desired proportions. The last seems to be the case as the channel is on the northern, western and eastern side by quay installations. The base of these quay works consisted in large pointed straightened oak posts which were driven in the ground. Two construction phases can be distinguished, one around 160 CE and a second phase around 210 CE. The location of the harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg – between the Rhine and Meuse near the North Sea coast which lacked natural harbours - and the nature and provenances of the retrieved materials fuelled the idea that this harbour was not only laid out to supply this central place of the civitas Cananefatium. The harbour was pivotal in the provisioning of the military in the coastal zone of the West Netherlands, but was constructed as well for supra-regional aims. Our natural coastal delta with favourable off-shore winds and currents will have stimulated not only the Roman coastal trade, but most probably also that to and from Southern and Northern Britain. This study provides enough arguments to suggest that the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg played a role in the transit routes towards Britannia.

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruh region

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present

Research paper thumbnail of Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruḥ, southern Jordan

Geoarchaeology, 2021

Since ancient times, irrigation has been fundamental for achieving large agricultural yields, esp... more Since ancient times, irrigation has been fundamental for achieving large agricultural yields, especially in the more arid areas of the world. An example of this practice is represented by the vast water infrastructures found near Udhruḥ (southern Jordan). These engineering works were constructed, maintained and restored from

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman harbours of Velsen and Voorburg-Arentsburg (NL)

Research paper thumbnail of Nice Meating

Research paper thumbnail of TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Provenance analysis of marble ecclesiastical elements from the extra-mural Byzantine Church of Udhruh (South Jordan

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020

The aim of this research is to assign the provenance of marble samples uncovered from the extramu... more The aim of this research is to assign the provenance of marble samples uncovered from the extramural Byzantine Church of Udhruh (Augustopolis), south Jordan. The church is a three-nave basilica that most probably was built in the fifth century CE. In later expansion phases, it was remodeled by the addition of two side chapels and several rooms. The research investigated the physical, mineralogical, and isotopic properties of twenty-four marble samples of different functions using naked eyes, lenses, and multiple analytical techniques including optical microscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the architectural elements were made of the gray calcitic Proconnesus-1 marble (Marmara, Turkey); while the four fonts or basins were carved out of the beige dolomitic Thasos-3 marble (Thasos Island, Cape Vathy, Greece); and the small squared column of unknown function was carved out of the fine-grained white calcitic Penteli marble (Mount Pentelikon, Attica, Greece). The results indicate that the most popular supply of the ecclesial marble to the south (and north) Jordan during the Byzantine period was the gray Proconnesus-1. The use of white Penteli and Thasos-3 marbles were limited to ritual elements.

Research paper thumbnail of ICHAJ13 2019 Driessen-Abudanah The Udhruh Intervisibility

The Udhruḥ Intervisibility: Antique Communication Networks in the Hinterland of Petra, 2019

The antique communication system in the area of Udhruh – consisting in fortlets and watchtowers o... more The antique communication system in the area of Udhruh – consisting in fortlets and watchtowers on prominent summits – was established in the Nabataean period, and was not as some earlier researchers thought constructed as exclusive part of the Roman military defence. The Udhruh’ communication system was a multi-purpose system through which the communication and control for military, trade, and agricultural settlements was combined. In the Roman era this perfectly laid out security system was reused, and most probably adapted to thewishes of the Roman authorities. The communication system was also actively exploited in the Byzantine period, and most probably used to control and safeguard the wide variety of water harvesting and field systems in the area around Udhruh.

Research paper thumbnail of Trade-routes through the steppe

Aspects of globalisation. Mobility, exchange and the development of multi-cultural states : 36-39., 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Eastern Frontier - Archaeopress

Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Eastern Frontiers, 2022

Un tour d'angle du fort de Qasr Bshir (Jordanie). Career-map of Claudius Paternus Clementianus, a... more Un tour d'angle du fort de Qasr Bshir (Jordanie). Career-map of Claudius Paternus Clementianus, a senior o cer, who made his way from the lower Rhine, to the Danube, to the Middle East, to Sardinia, Tunisia and nally Austria Cursus honorum de Claudius Paternus Clementianus, o cier de rang élevé, qui poursuivit sa carrière du Rhin inférieur vers le Danube, la Palestine, la Sardaigne, la Tunisie et jusqu'en Autriche. Qaşr Bshĭr, Jordan; the reservoir with the fort behind Qaşr Bshĭr, en Jordanie : le réservoir et le fort à l'arrière-plan

Research paper thumbnail of Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions.

Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions. , 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Nice Meating: The canabae legionis livestock market at Nijmegen revisited.

In: Ivleva T., Bruin J. de, Driessen M.J. (Eds.) Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions. Oxford: Oxbow Books., 2018

It is rich in livestock, but they are mostly undersized… The people take pride in their quantity,... more It is rich in livestock, but they are mostly undersized… The people take pride in their quantity, for cattle are their sole, greatly prized wealth.

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. dl. 1 (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 1)

This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The fi... more This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The first systematic excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg - situated along the Corbulo canal between Rhine and Meuse rivers – begun by Caspar Reuvens (Leiden University) in the 19th century. Reuvens’ and Jan Hendrik Holwerda’s excavations in the early 20th century (RMO), uncovered structures of a Roman planned settlement with a surrounding wall plus ditches, a rectangular street grid and lay-out and large Roman public baths. This site was initially interpreted as a fleet station of the classis germanica, and later on reinterpreted as the Roman town Forum Hadriani, which served as the capital for the civitas of the Cananefati. The hand of the central Roman authority can be felt all around the coastal delta area of the Low Countries. This varies from infrastructural adjustments, building and keeping up the frontier line with all kind of military installations, to the construction of new planned towns.
Excavations carried out in three large trenches in 2007/2008 were undertaken in the expectation of examining two - possibly three - insulae of this Roman town in Voorburg-Arentsburg. It surprised us when the excavations in two trenches uncovered a river channel 110 metres in length with a tapering width of at least 41 metres in the south and 28 metres in the north. In the second and early third century this Voorburg river channel was dredged at least three times, in order to transform this into a harbour basin of the desired proportions. The last seems to be the case as the channel is on the northern, western and eastern side by quay installations. The base of these quay works consisted in large pointed straightened oak posts which were driven in the ground. Two construction phases can be distinguished, one around 160 CE and a second phase around 210 CE.
The location of the harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg – between the Rhine and Meuse near the North Sea coast which lacked natural harbours - and the nature and provenances of the retrieved materials fuelled the idea that this harbour was not only laid out to supply this central place of the civitas Cananefatium. The harbour was pivotal in the provisioning of the military in the coastal zone of the West Netherlands, but was constructed as well for supra-regional aims. Our natural coastal delta with favourable off-shore winds and currents will have stimulated not only the Roman coastal trade, but most probably also that to and from Southern and Northern Britain. This study provides enough arguments to suggest that the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg played a role in the transit routes towards Britannia.

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. Dl. 2 (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 2)

Research paper thumbnail of Bouwen om te blijven. De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen.

De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Mark Driessen BOUWEN... more De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Mark Driessen BOUWEN OM TE BLIJVEN RAM Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 151 • De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen BOUWEN OM TE BLIJVEN Mark Driessen Bouwen om te blijven Bouwen om te blijven De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen AcAdemisch proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula der Universiteit op woensdag 12 december 2007, te 16.00 uur door Marius Jacobus Driessen geboren te Rotterdam Colofon RACM Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 151 Bouwen om te blijven De topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen Auteur: Mark Driessen Illustraties en omslag: Jos Kaarsemaker, Zwaag Lay-out: Bert Brouwenstijn Grafisch Ontwerp, Almere Omslagillustratie: Wilma Schipholt, Een scheiding is niet nodig, 2001 Druk: PrintPartners Ipskamp, Enschede

Research paper thumbnail of TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference

"Driessen, M., Heeren, S., Hendriks, J., Kemmers, F. & Visser, R. (eds.), 2009: TRAC 2008: Procee... more "Driessen, M., Heeren, S., Hendriks, J., Kemmers, F. & Visser, R. (eds.), 2009: TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008, Oxford.

ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-351-0
ISBN-10: 1-84217-351-0

Table of Contents

Preface

Forced labour, mines, and space: exploring the control of mining communities (Hannah Friedman)

Feeling like home: Romanised rural landscape from a Gallo-Roman point of view (Cecilia Courbot-Dewerdt)

Centrality in its place: Defining urban space in the city of Rome (David J. Newsome)

Finding your way in the Subura (Simon Malmberg)

Amateur metal detector finds and Romano-British settlement: A methodological case study from Wiltshire (Tom Brindle)

Meat consumption in Roman Britain: The evidence from stable isotopes (Colleen Cummings)

Barley and horsesL Surplus and demand in the civitas Batavorum (Ivo Vossen and Maaike Groot)

The way to a Roman soldier's heart: A post-medieval model for cattle droving to the Hadrian's Wall area (Sue Stallibrass)

Creating a community: The symbolic role of tumuli in the villa landscape of the civitas Tungrorum (Laura Crowley)

'Montani atque agrestes' or women of substance? Dichotomies of gender and role in ancient Samnium (Amy Richardson)

Native ServiceL 'Batavian' pottery in 'Roman' military context (Eef Stoffels)

The natural will: Community in Roman archaeology (Robert Wanner)

The social world of Roman fullonicae (Miko Flohr)

The dichotomy in Romano-Celtic syncretism: Some preliminary thoughts on vernacular religion (D. Martin Goldberg)"

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: Een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas. dl. 3 - Bijlagen (Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman Harbour Town between Rhine and Meuse (Netherlands). Vol. 3 - Appendices).

8 aanwezige ijzer(hydr)oxide neerslagen, zodat ze niet als grote samenhangende roder-gekleurde ve... more 8 aanwezige ijzer(hydr)oxide neerslagen, zodat ze niet als grote samenhangende roder-gekleurde verschijnselen eruit springen.

Research paper thumbnail of Terra sigillata uit Oppidum Batavorum. Opgravingen op de St. Josephhof in Nijmegen. Vol. 3

Research paper thumbnail of De verdedigingswerken van de Romeinse legerplaatsen op de Hunerberg, Nijmegen-Oost : archeologisch onderzoek : Archeologische berichten Nijmegen

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruḥ Intervisibility : Antique Communication Networks in the Hinterland of Petra

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg : een Romeinse havenstad tussen Rijn en Maas

ABSTRACT In this publication the results of the analyses of the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsb... more ABSTRACT In this publication the results of the analyses of the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg (NL) are presented. This fully inclusive and integrated study of more than 1000 pages is published in two volumes. The publication is written in Dutch, but has got an extensive synthesis/summary in English. This publication presents the results of the 2007/2008 excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg. The first systematic excavations in Voorburg-Arentsburg - situated along the Corbulo canal between Rhine and Meuse rivers – begun by Caspar Reuvens (Leiden University) in the 19th century. Reuvens’ and Jan Hendrik Holwerda’s excavations in the early 20th century (RMO), uncovered structures of a Roman planned settlement with a surrounding wall plus ditches, a rectangular street grid and lay-out and large Roman public baths. This site was initially interpreted as a fleet station of the classis germanica, and later on reinterpreted as the Roman town Forum Hadriani, which served as the capital for the civitas of the Cananefati. The hand of the central Roman authority can be felt all around the coastal delta area of the Low Countries. This varies from infrastructural adjustments, building and keeping up the frontier line with all kind of military installations, to the construction of new planned towns. Excavations carried out in three large trenches in 2007/2008 were undertaken in the expectation of examining two - possibly three - insulae of this Roman town in Voorburg-Arentsburg. It surprised us when the excavations in two trenches uncovered a river channel 110 metres in length with a tapering width of at least 41 metres in the south and 28 metres in the north. In the second and early third century this Voorburg river channel was dredged at least three times, in order to transform this into a harbour basin of the desired proportions. The last seems to be the case as the channel is on the northern, western and eastern side by quay installations. The base of these quay works consisted in large pointed straightened oak posts which were driven in the ground. Two construction phases can be distinguished, one around 160 CE and a second phase around 210 CE. The location of the harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg – between the Rhine and Meuse near the North Sea coast which lacked natural harbours - and the nature and provenances of the retrieved materials fuelled the idea that this harbour was not only laid out to supply this central place of the civitas Cananefatium. The harbour was pivotal in the provisioning of the military in the coastal zone of the West Netherlands, but was constructed as well for supra-regional aims. Our natural coastal delta with favourable off-shore winds and currents will have stimulated not only the Roman coastal trade, but most probably also that to and from Southern and Northern Britain. This study provides enough arguments to suggest that the Roman harbour of Voorburg-Arentsburg played a role in the transit routes towards Britannia.

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruh region

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present

Research paper thumbnail of Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruḥ, southern Jordan

Geoarchaeology, 2021

Since ancient times, irrigation has been fundamental for achieving large agricultural yields, esp... more Since ancient times, irrigation has been fundamental for achieving large agricultural yields, especially in the more arid areas of the world. An example of this practice is represented by the vast water infrastructures found near Udhruḥ (southern Jordan). These engineering works were constructed, maintained and restored from

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman harbours of Velsen and Voorburg-Arentsburg (NL)

Research paper thumbnail of Nice Meating

Research paper thumbnail of TRAC 2008: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Amsterdam 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Provenance analysis of marble ecclesiastical elements from the extra-mural Byzantine Church of Udhruh (South Jordan

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020

The aim of this research is to assign the provenance of marble samples uncovered from the extramu... more The aim of this research is to assign the provenance of marble samples uncovered from the extramural Byzantine Church of Udhruh (Augustopolis), south Jordan. The church is a three-nave basilica that most probably was built in the fifth century CE. In later expansion phases, it was remodeled by the addition of two side chapels and several rooms. The research investigated the physical, mineralogical, and isotopic properties of twenty-four marble samples of different functions using naked eyes, lenses, and multiple analytical techniques including optical microscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the architectural elements were made of the gray calcitic Proconnesus-1 marble (Marmara, Turkey); while the four fonts or basins were carved out of the beige dolomitic Thasos-3 marble (Thasos Island, Cape Vathy, Greece); and the small squared column of unknown function was carved out of the fine-grained white calcitic Penteli marble (Mount Pentelikon, Attica, Greece). The results indicate that the most popular supply of the ecclesial marble to the south (and north) Jordan during the Byzantine period was the gray Proconnesus-1. The use of white Penteli and Thasos-3 marbles were limited to ritual elements.

Research paper thumbnail of ICHAJ13 2019 Driessen-Abudanah The Udhruh Intervisibility

The Udhruḥ Intervisibility: Antique Communication Networks in the Hinterland of Petra, 2019

The antique communication system in the area of Udhruh – consisting in fortlets and watchtowers o... more The antique communication system in the area of Udhruh – consisting in fortlets and watchtowers on prominent summits – was established in the Nabataean period, and was not as some earlier researchers thought constructed as exclusive part of the Roman military defence. The Udhruh’ communication system was a multi-purpose system through which the communication and control for military, trade, and agricultural settlements was combined. In the Roman era this perfectly laid out security system was reused, and most probably adapted to thewishes of the Roman authorities. The communication system was also actively exploited in the Byzantine period, and most probably used to control and safeguard the wide variety of water harvesting and field systems in the area around Udhruh.

Research paper thumbnail of Trade-routes through the steppe

Aspects of globalisation. Mobility, exchange and the development of multi-cultural states : 36-39., 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Udhruh Archaeological Project

American Journal of Archaeology 120(4): 667-669., 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Voorburg-Arentsburg: a Roman harbour with a British connection in the hinterland of the Limes.

n: Hodgson N., Bidwell P., Schachtmann J (Eds.) Roman Frontier Studies 2009. Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Limes Congress) held at Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2009. no. 25 Oxford: Archaeopress., 2017

Research paper thumbnail of The metalwork

In: Vos W.K., Bakels C.C., Goossens T.A. (Eds.) The Roman villa at Maasbracht. The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands). In memory of Willem J.H. Willems. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia no. 46, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Glass and jet

n: Vos W.K., Bakels C.C., Goossens T.A. (Eds.) The Roman villa at Maasbracht. The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands). In memory of Willem J.H. Willems. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia no. 46 Leiden: Leiden University, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruh region: A green desert in the hinterland of ancient Petra.

In: Zhuang Y., Altaweel M. (Eds.) Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present. London: UCL Press. , 2018

The Udhruh region: A green desert in the hinterland of ancient Petra This chapter presents th... more The Udhruh region: A green desert in the hinterland of ancient Petra
This chapter presents the preliminary results of an ongoing fieldwork
project in the region of Udhruh (southern Jordan). It focuses on and dis
cusses the ancient agro-hydrological activities and practices of the study
area. First it gives an introduction about the history of settlements (with
historical and archaeological evidence), and about the environmental and
geoarchaeological settings. The second part of the chapter discusses the archaeological results pertaining to the ancient water-harvesting systems,
together with the related agriculture fields, and the integrated technical
and interdisciplinary approaches required to study them further.

Research paper thumbnail of The logistic function of the Rhine-Meuse delta in the Roman period: the harbour town of Voorburg-Arentsburg as a case-study.

In: Carnap-Bornheim C. von, Daim F., Ettel P., Warnke U (Eds.) Harbours as objects of interdisciplinary research – Archaeology + History + Geoscience. no. 34 Mainz: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum., 2018

Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verz... more Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie: Detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar.

Research paper thumbnail of A new early Christian inscription from the church of Udhruh (South Jordan)

In: Kars M., Oosten R. van, Roxburgh M.A., Verhoeven A. (Eds.) Rural riches & royal rags? Studies on medieval and modern archaeology, presented to Frans Theuws. Zwolle: SPA Uitgevers, 2018

Editorial board Mirjam Kars was introduced to the ins and outs of life, death and burial in the M... more Editorial board Mirjam Kars was introduced to the ins and outs of life, death and burial in the Merovingian period by Frans Theuws as supervisor of her PhD thesis. This created a solid base for her further explorations of this dynamic period. Frans and his Rural Riches team participate with Mirjam on her work on the medieval reference collection for the Portable Antiquities of the Netherlands project, which is much appreciated. Roos van Oosten is an assistant professor of urban archaeology in Frans Theuws' chairgroup at Leiden University. She also worked alongside Frans Theuws (and D. Tys) when he founded the peer-reviewed journal Medieval Modern Matters (MMM). In addition to undergraduate and graduate teaching responsibilities, Van Oosten is working on her NWO VENI-funded project entitled 'Challenging the paradigm of filthy and unhealthy medieval towns'.

Research paper thumbnail of Long-distance oak supply in mid-2nd century AD revealed: the case of a Roman harbour (Voorburg-Arentsburg) in the Netherlands

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014

We present dendrochronological evidence of long-distance oak timber supply for the harbour of the... more We present dendrochronological evidence of long-distance oak timber supply for the harbour of the Roman town Forum Hadriani, an important market place and point for military supplies located at the watershed of the Rhine and Meuse rivers, near the North Sea in the west of the current Netherlands. During excavations at Voorburg-Arentsburg (site Forum Hadriani) in 2007e2008, the wooden quay from the Roman harbour was revealed and 60 oak (Quercus sp.) piles were sampled and analysed by dendrochronology. Hierarchical cluster analysis was employed to group the tree-ring series from the piles according to their affinity, and three object chronologies representing different provenances were obtained. These were compared to a spatial network of archaeological and palaeo-ecological site chronologies from the Netherlands and Germany covering the Roman period. Our research revealed two construction phases in the harbour, which were built with wood from different geographical sources. The oldest phase, dating to ca. AD 160, consists of oak from the southeast of the Netherlands and southern Germany, whereas the second, more recent one, was built in or shortly after AD 205 with oak grown in the catchment basin of the river Mosel. Our results further suggest that scarcity of local timber resources was the reason for the import of wood for the quay at Forum Hadriani, and evidence that the Romans had established a well organised timber distribution network to supply wood over large distances already in the mid-2nd century AD.

Research paper thumbnail of The Udhruh Archaeological Project: the 2011-2012 Field Surveys

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Die Canabae von Carnuntum Michael Doneus,  Christian Gugl and Nives Doneus.pdf

Review of: Doneus, M./ Gugl, Ch. / N. Doneus, 2013. Die Canabae von Carnuntum. Eine Modellstudie ... more Review of: Doneus, M./ Gugl, Ch. / N. Doneus, 2013.
Die Canabae von Carnuntum. Eine Modellstudie
der Erforschung römischer Lagervorstädte. Von der
Luftbildprospektion zur siedlungsarchäologischen
Synthese. Vienna (Der Römische Limes in Österreich 47)