tailieunhanh - Abandoning shammakh: Historical archaeology among the Villages of southern Jordan and its Ethno archaeological and modern economic potential

The case of Shammakh in Jabal al-Shara of southern Jordan has shed new light on the settlement process in the region; this paper discusses settlement history, settlement process and abandonment reasons as well as the traditional crafts of the village. These crafts will be of cultural; artistic and economic value if they are promoted as part of tourism marketing for the area in which they were discovered, especially given the popularity of environmental tourism. | Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology June 2018, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-14 ISSN 2334-2420 (Print) 2334-2439 (Online) Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development DOI: URL: Abandoning Shammakh: Historical Archaeology among the Villages of Southern Jordan and its Ethno-Archaeological and Modern Economic Potential Mansour Abed al-Zeez Shqairat1 Abstract The abandoned 19th-20th century traditional villages of southern Jordan offer important insights into the processes of settlement building and abandonment. Archaeological studies undertaken over the past decades in southern Jordan have shed new light on the occupation history of this region from the Neolithic Period through the early modern era. The case of Shammakh in Jabal al-Shara of southern Jordan has shed new light on the settlement process in the region; this paper discusses settlement history, settlement process and abandonment reasons as well as the traditional crafts of the village. These crafts will be of cultural; artistic and economic value if they are promoted as part of tourism marketing for the area in which they were discovered, especially given the popularity of environmental tourism. Keywords: Traditional villages, Ottoman, Ethno-archaeology, Shawbak, Shammakh, Southern Jordan. Introduction The Shawbak region was intensively inhabited during the late Ottoman period 18th-early 20th centuries,. Shammakh is among the older villages (Brown : 1988; Corbino and Mazza : 2009) and Karak (Ghawanimah 1979 : 219; Rwashdih: 2002; Abu al-Sha„ar, 2010). The ethno-archaeological implications of these villages and the archaeological evidence available suggest that there was settlement establishment, settlement growth and settlement abandonment in the region of the Shawbak during ages. Furthermore, the evidence shows that the mode of sedentary life in this region characterized by agrarian .

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• Historical archaeology among the Villages
• The Villages of southern Jordan
• Modern economic potential
• The occupation history