ABSTRACT
This article describes evidence for the interchange of materials, peoples, and traditions across central Jordan’s Karak plateau, an 875 km2 section of highland that stretches from Wadi al-Mujib to Wadi al-Hasa (Fig. 1). In this chapter, we provide a summary of methods used and results obtained by Karak Resources Project (KRP), a multidisciplinary research team that has completed four seasons of fieldwork, in the summers of 1995,1997,1999, and 2001 (Virtual Karak Resources Project 2006). KRP’s main purpose is to document continuity and change in the utilization of natural resources in the Karak plateau’s southeastern region, especially at Khirbat al-Mudaybi˓ (hereafter Ka-M) (Fig. 2). Our team’s interests include the use of stone, clay deposits, water resources, soils, plant and animal communities; KRP also investigates site locations, roads, and access to local and long-distance trade.
