AUARA (Humayma)

aqueduct ID:	487
name:	AUARA
modern name:	Humayma
other names (Mod/Clas):
aqueduct name:
country:	Jordan
age:	Nabatean
period:	1stBC
length (km):	26
dimension WxH (m):	0.12 x 0.14
volume (m³/day):	150
mean gradient (m/km):	24.5
Destination	Town
Construction elements	A
notes:	Remains of probable castellum divisorium in situ - aqueduct system includes 19 mostly rock cut cisterns specus cut out channel in blocks -yellow marl/white sandstone- heavy rubble foundation- 80 cm wide

RefCode	title	authors	year
DeVries1992	Archaeology in Jordan	De Vries, B	1992
Eadie1986	The water supply systems of the Nabataean and Roman Humayma	Eadie, J W, Oleson, J P	1986
Nydahl2002	Archaeology and Water Management in Jordan	Nydahl, H	2002
Oleson1991	Aqueducts, cisterns, and the strategy of water supply at Nabataean and roman Aurara (Jordan)	Oleson, J P	1991
Oleson1992	The Water-Supply System of Ancient Auara: Preliminary Results of the Humeima Hydraulic Survey	Oleson, J P	1992
Oleson1992b	Hellenistic and roman elements in Nabatean hydraulic technology	Oleson, J P	1992
Oleson1993	Humeima hydraulic survey	Oleson, J P	1993
Oleson1997	The Origins and Design of Nabataean Water-Supply Systems	Oleson, J P	1997
Oleson2003	Prelimary report of the Al-Humayma Excavation Project 2000-2003	Oleson, J P, Baker, G S, de Bruijn, E, F	2003
Talbert2000	Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World	Talbert, R J A	2000
Wilson1996	Tot aquarum tam multis necessariis molibus. Recent Studies on Aqueducts and Water Supply	Wilson, R J A	1996