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Description
This volume describes the results of the IAA excavations at the Naḥal Tanninim Dam and the adjacent flour mills and water channels, conducted over 10 excavation seasons (2000–2005). This massive, sophisticated hydraulic facility was constructed in the early Byzantine period to convey water from the lower course of Naḥal Tanninim to the city of Caesarea Maritima to the south. To this end, the shared outlet of Naḥal Tanninim and Naḥal Ada through the coastal kurkar ridge was blocked by a massive gravity dam to create an immense reservoir, and a sluice diverted water to the Low-Level Aqueduct to Caesarea; the surplus water in the reservoir was used to operate a cluster of flour mills hewn in the bedrock to the west of the dam. As revealed in the present excavations, an apparent error in the calculation of the slope of the aqueduct prevented the delivery of the planned amount of water to Caesarea; thus, the portion of water diverted to the flour mills increased over the Byzantine period. The facility fell into disuse following the Muslim conquest, but the dam continued to block the outlet of the two streams and provide water to operate flour mills during the Ottoman period, until the early twentieth century. The water facilities and many finds uncovered in the archaeological excavations are now on display in the Naḥal Tanninim National Park.
EISBN
9789654067720
Publication Date
5-5-2023
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority
City
Jerusalem
Keywords
Roman dam, Roman aqueduct, Ottoman tobacco pipes, Conservation and reconstruction, Caesarea
Disciplines
Architectural History and Criticism | Historic Preservation and Conservation
Recommended Citation
Porath, Yosef; ‘Ad, Uzi; and al-Salam Sa‘id, ‘Abed, "The Naḥal Tanninim Dam and Its Vicinity: Final Report of the 2000–2005 Excavation Seasons" (2023). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 4.
https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/4
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