Engineering Performance of Selected Properties of Umm Al-Jamal Basaltic Rocks, Ne Jordan

Al-Qadi, Qaher Al-Qadi; Al-Malabeh, A.; Hamed, Raja' Nael; Al-Zawahreh, Khaled

doi:10.46717/igj.53.1e.4ry-2020-07-04

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“…Ancient builders in this site have used basalt to construct walls, stairways, arches, doors and ceiling (De Vries, 1979 and1998); and also, for inscriptions by late Nabatian (De vries, 2007). Physical and mechanical properties of Umm Al-Jamal basalt can be used for constructions purposes because it has high slaked durability, medium strength and high specific gravity (Al-Qadi et al, 2020). This city was constructed by ancient Nabatian during 1 st century A. D., and flourished as a frontier city of the Roman and Bezentine Empires and continued to prosper in the Umayyad Period (De vries, 1979).…”

Section: Umm Al-jamal Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of Basalt Stone Tools in Some Iraqi Archaeological Sites

Al-Zubaidy¹,

Jasim

Idan³

2021

IGJ

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Basalt stone tools were collected from some Iraqi Archaeological Sites. Twenty-one samples were studied petrographically, mineralogically, and chemical composition. Five samples were from the Gaara Depression north of Rutba town, seven samples from Tarmiya, north Baghdad, seven samples from Dalmij site, east of Diwaniya city, and two samples from Jordan, which were used for comparison. The studied samples were classified into three groups, according to their mineralogy and texture: Group A: Vesicular Basalt, Group B: Dolerite, and Group C: Olivine Basalt. These stones most probably were used as a hand axe, grinder, hammer, and other uses, as well as for buildings, like those used in Qasar Al- Azraq and Umm Al- Jamal archaeological sites in Jordan. These basalt rocks most probably were transported by an ancient man from Harrat Al-Sham, which extends through Syria-Jordan-Saudi Arabia, or from NE Syria through a trade route that connected between source areas and the studied archaeological sites in Iraq.

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Section: Umm Al-jamal Sitementioning

confidence: 99%