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Wadi Rutm Station and its Conflict Landscape Wadi Rutm Station and its Conflict Landscape
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The Station The Station
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The Turkish Army Camp The Turkish Army Camp
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Midway Fort Midway Fort
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Wadi Rutm Fort Wadi Rutm Fort
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A Temporary Caravan Stop A Temporary Caravan Stop
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Siddons’ Ridge Camp Siddons’ Ridge Camp
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Siddons’ Bridge Fort Siddons’ Bridge Fort
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Tel Shahm Station and Landscape Tel Shahm Station and Landscape
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Tel Shahm Camp North Tel Shahm Camp North
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Tel Shahm Fort Tel Shahm Fort
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Tel Shahm Camp South Tel Shahm Camp South
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Tel Shahm Fort South Tel Shahm Fort South
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Tel Shahm Station Tel Shahm Station
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8 Forts, Stations, and Ancestors: Wadi Rutm to Tel Shahm
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Published:August 2020
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on Wadi Rutm Station and Tel Shahm Station. Tel Shahm Station and its landscape is characterized by several types of militarization—tent-ring campsites, a fortified hilltop and blockhouse, shadowy remains of defensive trenches around the station, and a karakoll strong-point further south. It is possible that the anomalous northernmost tent-ring campsite is a mix of prehistoric, railway construction-era, and Arab Revolt-period occupation, and that the southern construction camp saw later re-occupation between 1917 and 1918. The hilltop blockhouse, its perimeter wall, and the observation posts are clear examples of Turkish militarization, reinforced by the munitions found at those posts facing the railway, indicative of outgoing Turkish rifle or machine-gun fire. Together with the shattered railway tracks down on the desert, it is likely that much of the archaeology of this multi-component site belongs to the Arab Revolt.
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