Fire and water: Tradition and modernity in the archaeology of steam locomotion in a desert war

Mansour Shqiarat; Zeyad Al-Salameen; Neil Faulkner; Nicholas J. Saunders

doi:10.1179/007589111X12966443320936

Fire and water: Tradition and modernity in the archaeology of steam locomotion in a desert war

Mansour Shqiarat, Zeyad Al-Salameen, Neil Faulkner, Nicholas J. Saunders

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Abstract

The construction of the {Hcombining dot below}ijāz Railway from Damascus to Medina between 1900 and 1908 transformed the physical and cultural landscapes of a traditional desert routeway. The contesting of the routeway and its landscape during the Great Arab Revolt of 1916-18 necessitated heavy investment in the defence of the railway and its supply of wood and water. Adopting the interdisciplinary perspective of modern conflict archaeology, this paper explores interaction between traditional life-ways and cultures, and the effects that the industrialization and militarization of the railway had on natural resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	98-113
Number of pages	16
Journal	Levant
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/007589111X12966443320936
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Great Arab revolt
Guerrilla warfare
Industrialization
Pilgrimage
{Hcombining dot below}ijāz Railway

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Archaeology
History
Archaeology

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