Conservation and presentation of Neolithic Beidha, southern Jordan

Dennis, Samantha; Finlayson, Bill; Najjar, Mohammed

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“…This concern can be set within the larger context of the changing emphasis of CBRL's UK funders which began to prioritise activity which connected with contemporary social agendas (Burtenshaw and Palmer 2014). Working with the Petra National Trust, Dr Mohammad Najjar, then of the Department of Antiquities, and with the generous support of the Amareen Bedouin camp, Finlayson returned to Beidha to conduct a conservation and site presentation project (Dennis et al, 2002). Motivations for the project included the need to protect the site which had, typically for the time, been left exposed to the elements, and it was seen as vital to repair this situation given the importance of the site to both the Neolithic and the history of archaeology.…”

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The DEEPSAL Project: Using the Past for Local Community Futures in Jordan

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Finlayson

El-Abed

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Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

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The Deep Past as a Social Asset in the Levant (DEEPSAL) project, conducted in 2015 by the Council for British Research in the Levant, examined two communities in southern Jordan, Beidha and Basta, who live near significant Neolithic archaeological sites. The project collected information on the communities' current socioeconomic conditions, their relationship with local cultural heritage and how that cultural heritage currently benefits or hinders them. The information was used to inform nascent strategies to utilize the sites sustainably as development assets and suggest alternative strategies as necessary. The results showed that a tourism-based strategy is suitable for Beidha but there was a need to focus on basic business skills. For Basta a tourism-based strategy is currently unsuitable, and efforts should rather focus on supporting educational activities. The results of the project are presented here within the context of archaeology's increasing interest to use archaeological resource to benefit local communities, and outlines lessons for that effort.

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The DEEPSAL Project: Using the Past for Local Community Futures in Jordan

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Finlayson

El-Abed

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Building WF16: construction of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) pisé structure in Southern Jordan

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Najjar

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The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period in Southwest Asia is essential for our understanding of the transition to sedentary, agricultural communities. Developments in architecture are key to understanding this transition, but many aspects of PPNA architecture remain elusive, such as construction techniques, the selection of building materials and the functional use of space. The primary aim of the research described within this contribution was to build a PPNA-like structure in order to answer questions about PPNA architecture in general, while specifically addressing issues raised by the excavation of structures at the site of WF16, southern Jordan. The second aim was to display a 'PPNA' building to visitors in Wadi Faynan to enhance their understanding of the period. The experimental construction based on one of the WF16 structures showed that (1) required materials can be acquired locally; (2) a construction technique using mud layers as described in this paper was most probably used; (3) flat, or very slightly dome-shaped, roofs are functional and can also be used as a solid working platform; (4) the WF16 small semisubterranean buildings appear inappropriate for housing a nuclear family unit.

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Conservation and presentation of Neolithic Beidha, southern Jordan

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The DEEPSAL Project: Using the Past for Local Community Futures in Jordan

The DEEPSAL Project: Using the Past for Local Community Futures in Jordan

Building WF16: construction of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) pisé structure in Southern Jordan

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