Dating the Hydraulic Installations in the Siq at Petra

Bibliographic Data

ID10329256
AuthorsPeter J Parr (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume140
Issue2
Pages81-86
Publication date2008-06-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePalestine Exploration Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0328 • E-ISSN: 1743-1301
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/003103208x312836
OpenAlexW2047307743
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Although the recent publication of the results of excavation and restoration in the Siq at Petra by the Petra National Trust has thrown welcome light on the hydraulic engineering skills of the Nabataeans, it is suggested here that the conclusions reached by the authors regarding the chronology of those works are not necessarily correct and should not be accepted as definitive. It is shown that the interpretation of the ceramic evidence is faulty and that other, epigraphic, evidence is ignored. In particular, it is argued that the major works — the dam and the tunnel — as well as the paved road through the Siq, may be as late as, or even later than, the middle of the 1st century AD, rather than the late 1st century BC, as the authors assume. It is further suggested that this could also be the date of the Khazneh, and that this may be indicated also by the recent discovery of earlier tomb façades beneath the Khazneh

Archaeology · Chronology · Civil engineering · Excavation · Forensic engineering · Interpretation (philosophy · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Water management and technologies

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