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Preface to Division II, Section A.
!he report upon the monuments of architecture examined in Southern Syria by
the Princeton Expedition, which is the subject of this, the first section of Division II of
these publications, includes monuments in Ammonitis and in the Hauran. In Ammonitis
two important sites, cArak il-Emir and Ammh, were studied, and a small number of
less significant ruins. In the Southern Hauran almost every site south of the ancient
road from Dera to Bosra and Salkhad, and east of the Hadjdj route, was visited, and
buildings of greater or less interest were measured in most of them. In this region
are included such important sites as Bosra, Umm idj-Djimal and Umm il-Kott^n, in each
of which places the expedition remained long enough to make a thorough examination
of all the ruins, and to prepare measured plans of a large number of the buildings.
In the same region were found several Roman military stations, some of which had
been reported by travellers; but none of them had ever been published. In the Djebel
Hauran the researches of the expedition were confined chiefly to the ruins in the southern
and southeastern part of the mountains, where practically every site was visited. In
the northern, and western part of these mountains, where M. de Vogue found much
of his material, and where the American Expedition of 1899—1900 had been, and in
the Ledja, and the plain west and southwest of it, only occasional sites were visited
for purposes of detailed study. These places include Sic, where a thorough examination
of the entire site was made, and much new material was brought to light.
This section will follow approximately the order of the route pursued by the
expedition from October 13th, 1904 to March 1st, 1905, beginning with Ar&k il-Emir
and Amman, taking up the Southern Hauran, and then the Djebel Hauran, and ending
with the Ledja. Special parts, or fascicules, are devoted to the ruins of Bosra, Umm
idj-Djimal, and Sf, and maps of these sites are given, in addition to plans and restorations
of the separate buildings. The monuments described in this section embrace a number
of crude and massively built constructions for defence, and several stepped pyramids
of considerable size, which are unquestionably older than the Roman period in Syria,
and may be of great antiquity; besides a large body of monuments of pre-Roman date,
built under Nabataean influence in the Southern Hauran and the Djebel Hauran, and
a still larger number of Roman buildings of the 2nd—4th century, and buildings of the
Christian period dating from the 4th to the 7th century. The buildings are published
with measured plans, and with elevations and sections drawn to scale wherever possible.
The ground plans are usually drawn to the scale of 0.0025 M. to the meter, and the
elevations and sections to twice that scale. Measured drawings of details are given in
figures, or are drawn to the scale of 5 cm. to the meter. The photographs were all
taken by the expedition, and are published in all cases where they are serviceable for
!he report upon the monuments of architecture examined in Southern Syria by
the Princeton Expedition, which is the subject of this, the first section of Division II of
these publications, includes monuments in Ammonitis and in the Hauran. In Ammonitis
two important sites, cArak il-Emir and Ammh, were studied, and a small number of
less significant ruins. In the Southern Hauran almost every site south of the ancient
road from Dera to Bosra and Salkhad, and east of the Hadjdj route, was visited, and
buildings of greater or less interest were measured in most of them. In this region
are included such important sites as Bosra, Umm idj-Djimal and Umm il-Kott^n, in each
of which places the expedition remained long enough to make a thorough examination
of all the ruins, and to prepare measured plans of a large number of the buildings.
In the same region were found several Roman military stations, some of which had
been reported by travellers; but none of them had ever been published. In the Djebel
Hauran the researches of the expedition were confined chiefly to the ruins in the southern
and southeastern part of the mountains, where practically every site was visited. In
the northern, and western part of these mountains, where M. de Vogue found much
of his material, and where the American Expedition of 1899—1900 had been, and in
the Ledja, and the plain west and southwest of it, only occasional sites were visited
for purposes of detailed study. These places include Sic, where a thorough examination
of the entire site was made, and much new material was brought to light.
This section will follow approximately the order of the route pursued by the
expedition from October 13th, 1904 to March 1st, 1905, beginning with Ar&k il-Emir
and Amman, taking up the Southern Hauran, and then the Djebel Hauran, and ending
with the Ledja. Special parts, or fascicules, are devoted to the ruins of Bosra, Umm
idj-Djimal, and Sf, and maps of these sites are given, in addition to plans and restorations
of the separate buildings. The monuments described in this section embrace a number
of crude and massively built constructions for defence, and several stepped pyramids
of considerable size, which are unquestionably older than the Roman period in Syria,
and may be of great antiquity; besides a large body of monuments of pre-Roman date,
built under Nabataean influence in the Southern Hauran and the Djebel Hauran, and
a still larger number of Roman buildings of the 2nd—4th century, and buildings of the
Christian period dating from the 4th to the 7th century. The buildings are published
with measured plans, and with elevations and sections drawn to scale wherever possible.
The ground plans are usually drawn to the scale of 0.0025 M. to the meter, and the
elevations and sections to twice that scale. Measured drawings of details are given in
figures, or are drawn to the scale of 5 cm. to the meter. The photographs were all
taken by the expedition, and are published in all cases where they are serviceable for