Water Management in Gerasa and its Hinterland. From the Romans to AD 750

David D. Boyer

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Pages: xxxviii + 522 p. NEW. Paperback. Illustrations:416 b/w, 6 col., 40 tables b/w., 59 maps b/w. Language(s):English. Brepols, Publication Year:2022 - SUMMARY The Decapolis city of Gerasa has seen occupation since the Bronze Age but reached its zenith in the Roman to early Islamic period as a population centre and trading hub. Located in a fertile valley in the limestone foothills of the Ajlun mountains, the city benefitted from a benign climate and an excellent local water supply from karstic springs and perennial streams. By the Roman Early Byzantine period, these water sources were harnessed and managed by extensive aqueduct and distribution networks that satisfied the broad range of water needs of both urban and rural dwellers. This volume offers an up-to-date, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary analysis of the water management system employed in both Gerasa and its hinterland from the time of Roman occupation to the devastating earthquakes that struck the city at the end of the Umayyad period. Drawing on archaeological evidence from the author s field research, together with a critical and detailed analysis of the evidence of water installations and the results of a radiocarbon dating study, this insightful book offers the first diachronic interpretation of Gerasa s water distribution, setting the city in its geoarchaeological, historical, and landscape contexts, and contributing to the broader understanding of its archaeological history. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Author s Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Used in the Text Glossary Chapter 1. Introduction Volume Content Part 1. Study Approach and Contextual Background Chapter 2. Information Sources and Methodology Introduction The Study Area Chronology and Naming Conventions Previous Studies Related to Water Management Water Management Studies in the Study Area Water Management Studies in the Southern Levant Past Field Surveys Primary Literary and Non-Literary Sources Secondary Literary Sources Nineteenth-Century Sources Post-Nineteenth-Century Sources Visual Sources Ground Photography Aerial Photography Satellite Imagery New Field Surveys Terrestrial Carbonate Studies Background Materials and Methods Archaeometry Overview Radiocarbon Dating Chapter 3. Natural Environmental Contexts Physiography and Geomorphology Topography and Relief Palaeolandscape History Climate Modern Climate Palaeoclimate Geology Pre-Quaternary Geology Quaternary Geology Regolith Soils Colluvium Vegetation Hydrological Setting Surface Hydrology Subsurface Hydrogeology Springs Seismic History Seismological Setting Earthquake Record in Gerasa Discussion Chapter 4. Historical Contexts Introduction Surface Surveys Settlement History Pre-Bronze Age Bronze Age Iron Age Hellenistic Period (332 bc to 64 bc) Nabataean Period (300 bc to ad 106) Roman Period (64 bc to ad 324) Byzantine Period (ad 324 to 640) Umayyad Period (ad 640 to 750) Discussion Part 2. The Hydraulic System Chapter 5. Water Sources Introduction Surface Runoff Impermeable Surface Runoff Permeable Surface Runoff (Overland Flow) Groundwater Sources Wells Springs The Relationship between Water Availability and Settlement Location Discussion Chapter 6. Water Transport Transportation by Natural Surface Flow Artificial Structures Employed to Control and Harness Hillslope Runoff Channel Flow Structures Transportation by Spring-Fed Aqueducts Rock-Cut Aqueducts Aqueducts Constructed of Masonry or Field Stones Pipelines Aqueduct Bridges Conduit Hydraulics Methods Adopted to Overcome Issues Affecting Aqueduct System Design and Operation Aqueduct Networks Aqueduct Statistics Upper Jarash Valley (Upper Wadi Suf ) Sector Central Jarash Valley Sector City Area East Bank Sector City Area West Bank and Bab Amman Southern Jarash Valley Sector Jarash Zarqa River Junction Sector Majarr Tannur Valley Sector Control and Management of the Aqueduct Networks General Comment on Water Rights Control of Water Resources. Seller Inventory # 01170

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