A Hydraulic Construction of the Mamluk Period at El-Madahil, Northeast of the Hula Valley (pp. 93*–108*)

Authors

Hervé Barbé, Israel Antiquities Authority

Abstract

A water-related construction from the medieval period was exposed, revealing evidence for a strong flow of water. This observation was further confirmed by the eroded edges of the potsherds uncovered in the destruction phase. It is likely that this structure operated by means of the driving force of water, which enabled the rotating movement of a vertical mechanical wheel. The large number of iron nails retrieved from the site suggests that the machinery was constructed of timber, and was destroyed or dismantled. The finds, almost exclusively pottery, point to a date in the Mamluk period (fourteenth–fifteenth centuries CE).

Keywords

Middle Ages, hydrology, technology, travertine, numismatics

Recommended Citation

Barbé, Hervé (2012) "A Hydraulic Construction of the Mamluk Period at El-Madahil, Northeast of the Hula Valley (pp. 93*–108*)," 'Atiqot: Vol. 71, Article 17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1570
Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol71/iss1/17