Age determination of Petra's engineered landscape – optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon ages of runoff terrace systems in the Eastern Highlands of Jordan

Beckers, Brian; Schütt, Brigitta; Tsukamoto, Sumiko; Frechen, Manfred

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.041

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“…Samples from earthworks can be directly dated using radiocarbon or optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) methods (e.g. Beckers et al 2013;Porat et al 2018;Quirós-Castillo & Nicosia 2019), although ecofacts, soils and sediments are liable to similar problems to those affecting artefact-based dating. Material within earthworks can be disturbed through postdepositional processes, which may be virtually impossible to recognise using standard archaeological methods-particularly when studies rely on just one (or a few) quantitative age estimates, or dates from an exposed profile.…”

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Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall

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Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall

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“…Nabataean agricultural production is well attested throughout southern Jordan. Recent excavations and dating of terraces near Petra confirm their Nabataean origin (Beckers et al 2013). Common crops produced by the Nabataeans included domesticated grapes, olives, and wheat and barley.…”

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Characterizing the rural landscape during the Iron Age and Roman period (ca. 1200b.c.–a.d.400): An intensive survey of Wadi al-Feidh, southern Jordan

Knabb

Najjar

Levy

2015

Journal of Field Archaeology

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“…The general absence of short-lived organic material in mound contexts suitable for radiocarbon testing is likely to continue to restrict opportunities for direct comparisons of OSL dates with independent dating evidence. Better prospects of obtaining such dating comparisons may lie in the examination and testing of hydraulic features that can be directly linked with cultivated field systems (e.g., Avni et al, 2012;Beckers et al, 2013;Rhodius et al, 2013) and settlement activity.…”

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Luminescence dating of sediment mounds associated with shaft and gallery irrigation systems

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Jankowski

Gerrard

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Journal of Arid Environments

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Citation for published item:fili'D sFuF nd tnkowskiD xFFtF nd qerrrdD gFwF nd quti¡ errezD eF nd ilkinsonD uFxF @PHIWA 9vuminesene dting of sediment mounds X pplition to shft nd gllery irrigtion systemsF9D tournl of rid environmentsFD ITS F ppF QRERSF Further information on publisher's website: httpsXGGdoiForgGIHFIHITGjFjridenvFPHIWFHPFHHR Publisher's copyright statement: c 2019 This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractOptically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques, supported by geomorphological analysis, have been applied to date the construction of shaft and gallery irrigation systems, more commonly referred to as qanats, falaj and foggara. The approach developed was tested on four hydraulic systems located in semi-arid landscape settings, three in Murcia, Spain, and the fourth in the Sus Tekna region, Morocco. Excavation of the characteristic sediment mounds that surround each ventilation shaft enabled a detailed examination of strata containing upcast deposits and their assignment to the main stages in the construction and use of the hydraulic feature. OSL techniques with single grain resolution applied to samples taken from the key strata provided age estimates for their deposition on the mound and, from these, dating of the construction and use of the system. Of the four irrigation systems analysed, the OSL dates indicated that the youngest had been constructed in the 19 th century AD and the oldest, located in Murcia, was dated to the Roman period. The latter is of archaeological significance because the introduction of this particular form of hydraulic technology to Spain is widely identified as an Islamic innovation of the early 8th century AD.

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Age determination of Petra's engineered landscape – optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon ages of runoff terrace systems in the Eastern Highlands of Jordan

Cited by 53 publications

References 54 publications

Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall

Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall

Characterizing the rural landscape during the Iron Age and Roman period (ca. 1200b.c.–a.d.400): An intensive survey of Wadi al-Feidh, southern Jordan

Luminescence dating of sediment mounds associated with shaft and gallery irrigation systems

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