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Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research | 2016

A Diachronic Look at the Agricultural Economy at the Red Sea Port of Aila: An Archaeobotanical Case for Hinterland Production in Arid Environments

Jennifer Ramsay; S. Thomas Parker

Archaeological investigations carried out by the Roman Aqaba Project seek to reconstruct the economy of the ancient seaport of Aila and contribute new evidence concerning the nature of the imperial Roman economy in the East. This study presents a component of the project that is focused on the analysis of plant remains retrieved from soil samples taken during excavations at Aila between 1994 and 2003. The archaeobotanical material examined comes from the Nabataean through Abbasid periods (first through tenth centuries C.E.) and presents a diachronic perspective on the agricultural economy of the site. The feasibility of cereal agricultural production in the hyper-arid hinterland of Aila is also examined, as well as the populations reliance on imported subsistence commodities. The results show that Aila may not have been as dependent on imported staple crops as previously assumed, which relates directly to questions regarding the size of Ailas hinterland and its production potential. Although no physical evidence exists for the use of runoff agriculture, it is feasible it was practiced near Aila, as there is proof for it at other hyper-arid sites in the region. Likewise, it seems probable that “oasis agriculture” was practiced at Aila, and perhaps even cotton cultivation.


American Journal of Archaeology | 1988

Romans and Saracens. A History of the Arabian Frontier

Robert Schick; S. Thomas Parker


Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research | 2007

Structural damage from earthquakes in the second-ninth centuries at the archaeological site of aila in Aqaba, Jordan

Ross Thomas; Tina M. Niemi; S. Thomas Parker


Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research | 1987

Peasants, Pastoralists, and "Pax Romana": A Different View

S. Thomas Parker


Near Eastern Archaeology | 1999

An Empire's New Holy Land: The Byzantine Period

S. Thomas Parker


Journal of Biblical Literature | 1975

The Decapolis Reviewed

S. Thomas Parker


Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research | 1982

Preliminary Report on the 1980 Season of the Central "Limes Arabicus" Project

S. Thomas Parker


Near Eastern Archaeology | 1998

An Early Church, Perhaps the Oldest in the World, Found at Aqaba

S. Thomas Parker


American Journal of Philology | 1976

The Objectives and Strategy of Cimon's Expedition to Cyprus

S. Thomas Parker


The Encyclopedia of the Roman Army | 2015

Palaestina, Syria Palaestina

S. Thomas Parker

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Jennifer Ramsay

State University of New York at Brockport

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Tina M. Niemi

University of Missouri–Kansas City

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