TY - T1 - The Hinterland of a City : Rural settlement and land use in the Petra region from the Nabataean-Roman to the Early Islamic period SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-952-10-8015-9; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/33133 T3 - A1 - Kouki, Paula A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2012 LA - en AB - This aim of this study is to examine the changes in settlement and land use in the hinterland of the ancient city of Petra, southern Jordan, in the light of archaeological, environmental and ancient textual sources, between ca. 300 BC early 7th century AD. Central questions are how changing social and economic situations and environmental conditions influenced rural settlement patterns and land use. The initial establishment of rural settlement in the Petra region took place during the last tw... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - arkeologia N1 - PP - ER -