The Roman Road System in the Golan: Highways, Paths and Tracks in Quotidian Life

Pažout, Adam

doi:10.1515/jlecol-2017-0022

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“…The origin of the road was dated to the 9th-8th centuries BCE, mainly on the basis of the pottery finds, and its further intensive use was dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE [10]. Ji's research made clear that the course of this road is marked by the presence of several archaeological sites (Ji's AS 19, AS 41, AS 42, and AS 45), which is mostly interpreted as watchtowers (AS 19, AS 41,and AS 42). The ancient road is partly detectable on the ground, especially via remnants of retaining walls in the vicinity of Boz al-Mushelle (see Figure 4A,B), and partly via the course of a modern dirt road running northwest from Ataruz for some 2 km.…”

Section: The Wadi Zarqa Main Roadmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The entire course of the road was inspected by our team (see Figure 19). Eight archaeological sites (AS 36-48), seven road remains (RR [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42], and one pottery finding (PF 8) were recorded. The road can clearly be divided into two sections: one part descending the western bank of the Wadi Nukhayla (see Figure 20), and another ascending the eastern bank of the Wadi Nukhayla (see Figure 21).…”

Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The course of the western part of Glueck's Road is well marked by the appearance of curbstones (RR [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. The curbstones are built of stones measuring up to 1 m in diameter.…”

Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The curbstones are built of stones measuring up to 1 m in diameter. They are placed on both sides of the road, making the road 4-7 m wide (see Figures 22 The course of the western part of Glueck's Road is well marked by the appearance of curbstones (RR [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. The curbstones are built of stones measuring up to 1 m in diameter.…”

Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

confidence: 99%

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In Search of Ancient Pre-Roman Imperial Roads: A Case Study of the Application of Remote Sensing in Road Archaeology in the Southern Levant

Marciak,

Sobczyński,

Abadi

et al. 2023

Remote Sensing

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This paper presents a unique case of the application of remote sensing methods in archaeological survey devoted to ancient pre-Roman Imperial roads in the Southern Levant. The results of our preparatory remote sensing research and subsequent fieldwork in Jordan and Israel between 22 February and 23 March 2023, within the framework of the research project entitled “Travel and Mobility in Hellenistic and Early Roman Palestine”, are reported and discussed. Part of this project is a large-scale, systematic research attempt to discover additional ancient pre-Roman roads and to suggest a working methodology for future research. The methodology is supposed to combine remote sensing research and archaeological survey. The project’s first fieldwork achieved several goals. First, the modern methods enabled us to provide a high-resolution capture of the detected features and artifacts, including the courses of ancient roads and the locations of road-related archaeological sites. Altogether, 105 road remains, 62 archaeological sites, and 14 pottery findings were identified; what is more, 11 GPS (Global Positioning System) tracks of ancient roads were registered. Second, we suggested necessary revisions to the previous state of research and reported new findings. For instance, newly discovered rock art evidence found along Glueck’s Road confirms the continuity of the use of this road long into late antiquity and early Islam. Third, some methodological conclusions were reached. For example, a multi-source approach to identifying ancient roads including the use of archival cartographic sources, archival and modern satellite and aerial imagery, and the databases of archaeological sites is still necessary. However, there can be no doubt that spatial analyses and remote sensing studies must be accompanied by archaeological fieldwork, which is absolutely necessary for determining the dating of the roads (by dating the settlement and pottery) and a detailed identification of the road courses (particularly through the discovery of road-related infrastructure).

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Section: The Wadi Zarqa Main Roadmentioning

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Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

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Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

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Section: Glueck's Roadmentioning

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In Search of Ancient Pre-Roman Imperial Roads: A Case Study of the Application of Remote Sensing in Road Archaeology in the Southern Levant

Marciak,

Sobczyński,

Abadi

et al. 2023

Remote Sensing

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“…Determining ancient route systems is essential to understanding the spatial interactions of ancient civilisations: how the structure weaved together the elements of human movement, political organization, exchange and trade and communication of ideas through the landscape and between communities. Numerous cases exemplify the importance of route systems in building, maintaining and securing the existence, survivability and social cohesion of civilizations, as illustrated by the extensive Roman road network (Forbes, 1964; French, 1998; Pažout, 2017), Archaemanid Royal Road (Colburn, 2013), Silk Route/Road (Taylor et al, 2018; Wood, 2002) and the Qhapaq Ñan network of the Incas (Hankey, 1997; Penney & Oschendorf, 2015; Wilkinson, 2019).…”

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Reconstructing the ancient route network in the Thailand–Cambodia borders: A case study of the Angkorian Royal Road

Khamsiri

Venunan

Khaokheiw

et al. 2023

Archaeological Prospection

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A large number of ancient remnants from the Angkor kingdom of the 15th–19th centuries are widely observable across present day north‐eastern Thailand and Cambodia. Archaeologically, these features represent the ancient communities and were possibly connected according to various socioeconomic reasons. In order to reconstruct the route of human mobility between the remains, the geographic information system (GIS)‐based least cost path (LCP) analysis was employed along the Angkor–Phimai route. By recognizing the geographic parameters, the mobility of 292 moated sites was tracked to eight mountain passes that traverse the barrier of the Dângrêk Mountain Range. The LCP‐derived routes revealed that the Ta Muen pass was the most suitable (shortest source‐to‐site distance) route for almost all moated sites. When compared with a previous interpretation of the Angkorian Royal Road route, our LCP route conforms reasonably well when overlaid with this possible Royal Road. The locations of ancient activities were also in the vicinity of the dense LCP route, and most monuments were located within a 1.5 km buffer line. This underlines that the LCP track obtained in this study is reasonable with a high reliability and is beneficial for guiding further studies to find out more about the ancient remains or archaeological evidence in this area.

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In search of ancient pre-Roman imperial roads: state of research and some methodological recommendations

Marciak

Szypuła

Sobczyński

2023

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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In recent decades, there has been a considerable growth of scientific interest in the question of travel and mobility in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. As far as the southern Levant is concerned, this interest has yielded much research about travel and mobility in Late Antique Palestine (including the Roman imperial road network), leaving the question of pre-Roman travel and mobility a much-understudied field of study. However, recent archaeological discoveries have revolutionized our state of knowledge about material remains of pre-Roman roads, which were once believed to not have been preserved. Namely, remains of several pre-Roman roads have been discovered on the ground in modern Jordan and Israel: the Aroer Ascent, “Glueck’s Road,” Naqeb Dahal, the Wadi Zarqa-Main road, the Callirrhoe–Machaerus road, and the Masada–Hebron road. In this context, the aim of this paper was, first, to study the spatial and archaeological features of the archaeologically attested ancient pre-Roman roads, and second, to evaluate all of the available types of remote data as tools serving in the detection of artifacts (especially archival cartographic, aerial, and satellite data; archaeological data; and least-cost simulations of Geographic Information Systems [GIS]). As a result, several conclusions are suggested. First, old topographic maps are a very promising source of data for potential new discoveries since they contain both explicit and implicit hints at the existence of ancient roads. Second, information about archaeological data and the Roman imperial road network may also offer important reference points if the quality of databases is improved in the future. Third, the use of GIS simulations based on 30 m digital elevation models has very substantial limitations. In particular, the use of least cost paths and corridors for simulating short-distance travel has turned out to be fruitless. At the same time, the use of least cost corridors for predicting long-distance travel offers some promising results.

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The Roman Road System in the Golan: Highways, Paths and Tracks in Quotidian Life

Cited by 8 publications

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In Search of Ancient Pre-Roman Imperial Roads: A Case Study of the Application of Remote Sensing in Road Archaeology in the Southern Levant

In Search of Ancient Pre-Roman Imperial Roads: A Case Study of the Application of Remote Sensing in Road Archaeology in the Southern Levant

Reconstructing the ancient route network in the Thailand–Cambodia borders: A case study of the Angkorian Royal Road

In search of ancient pre-Roman imperial roads: state of research and some methodological recommendations

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