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In three field seasons, between 2010 and 2012, the Brown University Petra Archaeology Project (BUPAP) conducted a diachronic archaeological survey of the northern hinterland of Petra, Jordan. The survey component of BUPAP, the Petra area and Wadi Silaysil Survey (or PAWS), covered some 1,000 ha fieldwalking in 1,321 individual survey units. In the course of this work, PAWS recorded patterns in the distribution of tens of thousands of artifacts. In addition, more than 1,000 individual archaeological features were identified and documented. This article provides and overview of the PAWS survey and related activity - and touches on key issues concerning the long-term human history of the study area.
The Petra Area and Wadi Silaysil Survey (or PAWS) undertook its initial season of fieldwork in the summer of 2010 as a major component of the Brown University Petra Archaeological Project (BUPAP). The PAWS research area is located some three to ten kilometers north of the Petra city-center, between the modern village communities of Umm Sayhun and Bayda, within which three zones were intensively surveyed: Areas a, b, and c (Fig. 1). Given its close proximity to Petra, it is no surprise that previous travelers, explorers, and archaeologists have investigated this region, with the earliest accounts going back to the 19th century (Robinson and Smith 1841). However, the diachronic, systematic, and intensive design of the PAWS survey represents a novel approach to the documentation of this landscape that has yielded substantial and provocative results after only a single season of fieldwork. In approximately a month long period between 28 June and 31 July 2010, the PAWS team systematically surveyed 133 hectares, in which material culture from all periods (from Paleolithic to the present) was counted and collected for some 334 Survey Units, and over 240 features, ranging from tombs to water management structures to agricultural installations, were recorded. The intention of this article is briefly to review previous research concerning the survey area, to discuss our methodological and theoretical concerns, and to summarize the preliminary results of the 2010 season.
American Journal of Archaeology, 2017
In three field seasons, between 2010 and 2012, the Brown University Petra Archaeo- logical Project (BUPAP) conducted a diachronic archaeological survey of the northern hinterland of Petra, Jordan. While regional reconnaissance has a long history in Jordan, it has rarely been conducted with the “intensive” methodologies today characteristic of projects elsewhere, most proximately in the Mediterranean. Such an approach is ideally suited for the territory north of Petra, the setting for a wide-ranging variety of human activity from the Lower Paleolithic to the present. The survey component of BUPAP, the Petra Area and Wadi Silaysil Survey (or PAWS), covered some 1,000 ha (10 km2), most of which was traversed by closely spaced (10 m) fieldwalking in 1,321 individual survey units. In the course of this work, PAWS recorded patterns in the distribution of tens of thousands of artifacts. In addition, more than 1,000 individual archaeological features were identified and documented; geophysical survey was conducted in several areas; and test excavations were carried out in 10 locations of particular interest. This article provides an overview of the PAWS survey and related activity—discussing motivations, methods, and results—and touches on key issues concerning the long-term human history of the study area.
American Journal of Archaeology, 2017
In three field seasons, between 2010 and 2012, the Brown University Petra Archaeological Project (BUPAP) conducted a diachronic archaeological survey of the northern hinterland of Petra, Jordan. While regional reconnaissance has a long history in Jordan, it has rarely been conducted with the “intensive” methodologies today characteristic of projects elsewhere, most proximately in the Mediterranean. Such an approach is ideally suited for the territory north of Petra, the setting for a wide-ranging variety of human activity from the Lower Paleolithic to the present. The survey component of BUPAP, the Petra Area and Wadi Silaysil Survey (or PAWS), covered some 1,000 ha (10 km2), most of which was traversed by closely spaced (10 m) fieldwalking in 1,321 individual survey units. In the course of this work, PAWS recorded patterns in the distribution of tens of thousands of artifacts. In addition, more than 1,000 individual archaeological features were identified and documented; geophysical survey was conducted in several areas; and test excavations were carried out in 10 locations of particular interest. This article provides an overview of the PAWS survey and related activity—discussing motivations, methods, and results—and touches on key issues concerning the long-term human history of the study area.
Archaeology in Jordan, 2014 and 2015 Season
2016
The 2016 edition of the “Archaeology in Jordan” newsletter presents short reports on selected archaeological projects conducted during 2014 and 2015 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Includes summaries for Wadi al-Qattafi (Rowan, Rollefson, Wasse, Kersel & Hill, pp. 636-7) and Wisad Pools (Rollefson, Rowan, Wasse, Kersel & Hill, pp. 634-6).
Archaeology In Jordan-2016-2017.pdf
Archaeology in Jordan, ACOR Newsletter, seasons 2016-2017, edited by J. D. M. Green, B.A. Porter and C.P. Shelton, 2018., 2018
The summary results of the Islamic Baydha Project, seasons 2016 and 2017 are reported on pages 74-75.