The International North-Eastern Petra Project

Preliminary Report on the 2013 Season

by Stephan G. Schmid, Zbigniew T. Fiema and Bernhard Kolb

III. 2013 survey season

The 2013 fieldwork was basically the continuation of activities conducted in 2012. Specifically, the current activities included:

  • the architectural study of some of the largest structures at the site (Structures 4, 5 and 6; cf. fig. 3), including the localization, description, mapping and photographing of all architectural blocks. This procedure is intended to produce exact plans featuring the exact position of every identified architectural member, which in turn permits to locate – for instance – all column drums or door jambs found within or around a specific structure.
  • the localization, description and mapping of all other, smaller structures at the site, which were not fully recorded in 2012.
  • the localization, description and electronic recording of all architectural members which are located in areas between major recognizable structures (marked as N stones).

Although the collected material and obtained information will need proper study and assessment, the following preliminary observations can now be proposed.

Fig. 3: Topographical map of NEPP area with recorded structures (plan: J. Falkenberg and M. Holappa)
Fig. 3: Topographical map of NEPP area with recorded structures (plan: J. Falkenberg and M. Holappa)