the aqueducts of israel - Journal of Roman Archaeology

JRA Supplementary Series no. 46
THE AQUEDUCTS OF ISRAEL
edited by David Amit, Joseph Patrich and Yizhar Hirschfeld
7 Preface and acknowledgements,
David Amit, Yizhar Hirschfeld and Joseph Patrich
Introduction and ancient sources
9 The aqueducts of Israel: an introduction
Joseph Patrich and David Amit
21 The hydrogeology of Israel and the problem of water supply in antiquity
Amos Frumkin
25 Hydraulic plaster in aqueducts as a chronological indicator
Yosef Porath
37 The water supply of Roman and Byzantine Palestine in literary and epigraphical sources
Leah Di Segni
68 Terms and characteristic features of water installations and aqueducts in Rabbinical sources
Oded Irshai
A. Urban systems
82 The Hellenistic aqueduct of Akko-Ptolemais
Rafael Frankel
88 The aqueduct to Banias
Moshe Hartal
104 The water-supply to Caesarea: a re-assessment
Yosef Porath
130 Appendix: The tunnels of Taninim and Snunit
Azriel Siegelmann
141 The dams of Caesarea’s Low-level aqueduct
Yehuda Peleg
148 Two aqueducts to Dor
Yehuda Peleg
155 Water supply, distribution and disposal in Roman Dor
John E. Berg, Ilan Sharon and Bracha Zilberstein
168 The aqueducts of Eleutheropolis (Beth Govrin)
David Amit
177 The northern system of Eleutheropolis (Beth Govrin)
Nachum Sagiv, Boaz Zissu and David Amit
187 The aqueducts of Emmaus-Nicopolis
Yizhar Hirschfeld
199 The aqueducts of Hippos-Susita
Chaim Ben David
207 A new survey of the aqueducts of Hippos-Susita
Tsvika Tsuk, Yehuda Peleg, Henning Fahlbusch and Zeev Meshel
210 A survey of the aqueducts to Jerusalem
Amihai Mazar
243 Appendix: The aqueduct to Herodion
245 The Low-level Aqueduct to Jerusalem: recent discoveries
Ya’akov Billig
253 New data for dating the High-level aqueduct and the Wadi el Biyar aqueduct, and t h e
Herodion aqueduct
David Amit
267 The water-supply network of Samaria-Sebaste
Amos Frumkin
278 The aqueducts to Sepphoris
Tsvika Tsuk
295 The aqueduct of Tiberias
Zalman S. Winogradov
B. Desert systems to palace-fortresses
306 The aqueducts to the fortress of Alexandrion
David Amit
313 The water-supply systems of Cypros fortress
Ze’ev Meshel and David Amit
330 The aqueduct of the fortress of Dok (Dagon)
David Amit
336 The aqueducts of Hyrcania-Kastellion
Joseph Patrich
353 The aqueducts and water-supply of Masada
Ehud Netzer
C. Palaces and estates
366 Water channels and a royal estate of the late Hellenistic period in Jericho’s western plains
Ehud Netzer and Gunter Garbrecht
380 The aqueduct of Qumran
Zvi Ilan and David Amit
387 The aqueducts at Ramat Hanadiv and Shuni
Yizhar Hirschfeld
D. Roman camps
402 The water systems of the En Boqeq oasis
Moshe L. Fischer and Tzvi Shacham
409 An aqueduct to Legio
Tsvika Tsuk
E. Fortified towns and villages
413 The water system of Khirbet el-Hammam (Narbata)
Adam Zertal
417 The water-supply system of Horvat Kefira
David Amit and Hanan Eshel
423 The water system in the fortress of Kh. Urmeh-Aqraba in E. Samaria
Hanan Eshel and Ze’ev H. Erlich
F. Monastic
428 The water supply of the Monastery of Chariton
Yizhar Hirschfeld
438 The irrigation systems in the gardens of the Monastery of St. Martyrius (Ma’ale Adummim)
Emmanuel Damati
G. Mediaeval agricultural
445 The mediaeval aqueduct to Kefar Hanania and associated installations
Zvi Ilan
450 Ancient, mediaeval and modern aqueducts in western Galilee
Rafael Frankel, Nimrod Gitzov and Danny Sion
* The sites in the various categories are arranged alphabetically.
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27 inches in end pocket. Published May 2002. ISBN 1-887829-46-6.