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Articles

• Tarawneh, Mohammad, B.
• al‐Salameen, Zeyad
• Abudanah, Fawzi, Q.

Survey work was carried out in the region of Mushash Hudruj near the Jordanian- Saudi borders in 2004, 2005 and 2009. The finds of this project include a north Arabian inscription, a cairn, an animal trap, stone circles, flint mines and water harvesting systems. These features demonstrate that this region was utilized by pastoral nomads who depended purely on a mobile subsistence pattern, governed by the availability of pasture and water. This pattern of seasonal movement is still practiced by modern Bedouin who move mainly within the wadi system which have become the main areas of attraction for Bedouin since prehistoric times, and have played a major role in the survival of these groups and their flocks.

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

Bayir, Bedouin, Inscription, Hunting Trap, Wadi System

Corresponding author: Mohammad Tarawneh (mohnaram_tara@yahoo.com), We would like to thank al-Hussein Bin Talal University and The University of Sydney, Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation and Carlyle Greenwell Bequest for funding this project. We appreciate the cooperation of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and its director general Prof. Ziad al-Sa'ad for his support. We are indebted to Dr. Alison Betts for her valuable comments and continuous support.

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