The BYU Ad‐Deir Monument and Plateau Project

Authors

Josie Newbold, Brigham Young University
Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Ad-Deir monument, Plateau, Petra, Dead Sea

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Petra, Jordan is famous for being the city carved out of red sandstone cliffs. The builders of Petra were the Nabataeans, a people believed to be nomadic at one point in time, who settled in a desert and created a vast empire. They were renowned for their canals and water control systems. However, this city fell into ruins and was abandoned sometime after in earthquake in 749 AD. As part of the project that I am working on, I travelled to Petra, Jordan along with a team of archaeologists and several geology professors in order to study a seep of water emerging from the Ad-­Deir monument in an attempt to try and determine the origin of the water. While in Petra, I also analyzed the pattern of fractures and faulting that occurred due to the Dead Sea rifting.

Recommended Citation

Newbold, Josie and Finlayson, Dr. Cynthia (2015) "The BYU Ad‐Deir Monument and Plateau Project," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/5