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The eastern frontier of the Roman Empire 鈥� its network of roads, trade routes, towns and forts 鈥� is often conceived of as an 鈥渆dge鈥� of both empire and civilisation, but this 鈥渂orderland鈥� is also part of a rich cultural landscape. Our awareness and appreciation of these cultures has increased dramatically over the course of the last century. Scholarship has deepened, methods have advanced, and perspectives have shifted.

Across 20 chapters, Reframing the 鈥淒esert Frontier鈥� offers new insights into the rich cultural history of this region through the re-examination of existing material 鈥� such as archives, historical accounts, and previous surveys 鈥� and through the use of novel archaeological approaches. The bringing together of different methodological approaches to the archaeology of the region in a single volume highlights synergies and offers important comparisons for archaeologists to consider.

This volume highlights the work of Emeritus Professor David Kennedy, whose contribution to the study of the Roman army, the archaeology of Jordan, and aerial archaeology has inspired and enhanced multiple projects that have reframed this so-called 鈥渄esert frontier鈥�.

Reframing the 鈥淒esert Frontier鈥� encapsulates the enriched view of this ancient region generated by new techniques of survey and analysis, changed perspectives on older materials, a more intense engagement with the rural landscapes surrounding ancient towns, and the addition of new discoveries that alter previous consensus.

Dr Robert Bewley is a prehistorian, an aerial archaeologist, and former Director of the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project (2015鈥�2020) University of Oxford. He is Director of the Aerial Archaeology project in Jordan and the Aerial Archaeology in Oman project, and manages the Aerial Photographic Archive of Archaeology in the Middle East.

Dr Mike Bishop is a freelance writer, publisher, and archaeologist, and has worked in legacy post-excavation, commercial field archaeology, archaeological publishing and research. He is a specialist in the Roman army, and founding editor of the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies.

Dr Rebecca Repper is a research associate working with archaeological and cultural heritage collections at the University of Western Australia. She has previously worked with the Aerial Archaeology in Jordan project, the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East, Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa, and Aerial Archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia projects.

• List of figures
• List of plates
• List of tables

• Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Reframing the 鈥淒esert Frontier鈥�

Part 1: Revisiting the Roman record

• Chapter 2. The identity of Roman Isauria: An archaeological approach by Hugh Elton
• Chapter 3. Freedmen in Roman Hegra by Zbigniew T. Fiema
• Chapter 4. Every cloud has a silver lining: Revisiting the 鈥渕ilitary鈥� coin hoards from Dura by Peter Edwell
• Chapter 5. Unmasking Roman Pella by Margaret O鈥橦ea
• Chapter 6. Br眉nnow and Domaszewski鈥檚 Die Provincia Arabia (1904鈥�1909): The why and the how by Phil Freeman, with a contribution, 鈥淟ooking for Marguerite Br眉nnow鈥�, by Naomi Aliza Rubinstein

Part 2: Reframing the record

• Chapter 7. An early archaeological landscape map of the Azraq lava fields by Michael Fradley
• Chapter 8. Origins, legacy and recent developments in aerial archaeology in the Middle East by Robert Bewley
• Chapter 9. Looking back to Kennedy and Riley鈥檚 Rome鈥檚 Desert Frontier from the Air (1990) by Ross Burns
• Chapter 10. Gottlieb Schumacher and Pella by Stephen Bourke and Sandra Gordon
• Chapter 11. From survey to further research: Several sites of the Roman (Nabataean) period in southern Jordan by Burton MacDonald
• Chapter 12. Early visitors to the site of 岣�umayma: Their contributions to our understanding of the region and its people by John Peter Oleson

Part 3: Hinterland studies

• Chapter 13. Changes in settlement patterns in the territory of Gerasa (Jarash): A synthesis by David (Don) Boyer
• Chapter 14. Vignettes of sprawling townships of Roman Gerasa revealed by pottery clusters from the periphery of the walled city by Ina Kehrberg-Ostrasz
• Chapter 15. Private estates or private villages? Land tenure in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Jordan by Basema Hamarneh
• Chapter 16. The archaeology of the Safa region, southern Syria by Karin Bartl
• Chapter 17. Al-B膩diyah landscapes in fifth- to tenth-century Jordan: A barometer of change by Alan Walmsley

Part 4: Sky, sand and basalt

• Chapter 18. Understanding 岣�umayma from aerial photographs by M. Barbara Reeves
• Chapter 19. Field survey and aerial reconnaissance: The mutual interaction of survey methods in the Jawa Hinterland Project by Bernd M眉ller-Neuhof
• Chapter 20. The multifaceted site of Wis膩d Pools, Black Desert by G. Rollefson, A. Wasse, Y. Rowan, W. Abu-Azizeh and A.C. Hill

• Chapter 21. The AAKSA Project: A multi-scalar methodology for documenting the archaeological landscapes of AlUla and 岣�arrat Khaybar, Saudi Arabia by Melissa Kennedy, Rebecca Repper, Hugh Thomas, Matthew Dalton, Jane McMahon, David Boyer and Lauren Swift

• Index

鈥淭his collection of 21 papers by leading scholars provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of all aspects of the frontiers and desert regions of the Middle East. It will be essential reading for all who are interested in the patterns of occupation and the modern scholarship which underpins our understanding of the area and its complex ethnic and political history.鈥�

鈥� Professor Alan Bowman, University of Oxford

 

Format: paperback
Size: 254 脳 178 mm
516 pages
Copyright: © 2025
ISBN: 9781743329955
Publication: 01 Mar 2025
Series: Adapa Monographs