In recent decades, there has been a considerable growth of scientific interest in the question of travel and mobility in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. As far as the southern Levant is concerned, this interest has yielded much research about travel and mobility in Late Antique Palestine (including the Roman imperial road network), leaving the question of pre-Roman travel and mobility a much-understudied field of study. However, recent archaeological discoveries have revolutionized our state of knowledge about material remains of pre-Roman roads, which were once believed to not have been preserved. Namely, remains of several pre-Roman roads have been discovered on the ground in modern Jordan and Israel: the Aroer Ascent, “Glueck’s Road,” Naqeb Dahal, the Wadi Zarqa-Main road, the Callirrhoe–Machaerus road, and the Masada–Hebron road. In this context, the aim of this paper was, first, to study the spatial and archaeological features of the archaeologically attested ancient pre-Roman roads, and second, to evaluate all of the available types of remote data as tools serving in the detection of artifacts (especially archival cartographic, aerial, and satellite data; archaeological data; and least-cost simulations of Geographic Information Systems [GIS]). As a result, several conclusions are suggested. First, old topographic maps are a very promising source of data for potential new discoveries since they contain both explicit and implicit hints at the existence of ancient roads. Second, information about archaeological data and the Roman imperial road network may also offer important reference points if the quality of databases is improved in the future. Third, the use of GIS simulations based on 30 m digital elevation models has very substantial limitations. In particular, the use of least cost paths and corridors for simulating short-distance travel has turned out to be fruitless. At the same time, the use of least cost corridors for predicting long-distance travel offers some promising results.

近几十年来，人们对古代地中海和近东地区的旅行和流动问题的科学兴趣显着增长。就黎凡特南部而言，这种兴趣已经产生了大量关于古巴勒斯坦晚期旅行和流动性（包括罗马帝国道路网络）的研究，使前罗马旅行和流动性问题成为一个备受关注的研究领域。然而，最近的考古发现彻底改变了我们对前罗马道路物质遗迹的认识，人们曾经认为这些道路没有得到保存。也就是说，在现代约旦和以色列的地面上发现了几条前罗马道路的遗迹：阿罗尔上升路、“格鲁克路”、纳克布达哈尔路、瓦迪扎尔卡-主路、卡利罗-马查鲁斯路和马萨达-希伯伦路。在这种背景下，本文的目的首先是研究经考古证实的古代前罗马道路的空间和考古特征，其次评估所有可用类型的远程数据作为检测道路的工具。文物（特别是档案制图、航空和卫星数据；考古数据；以及地理信息系统 [GIS] 的最低成本模拟）。结果，提出了几个结论。首先，旧地形图是潜在新发现的非常有希望的数据来源，因为它们包含关于古代道路存在的明确和隐含的暗示。其次，如果未来数据库的质量得到提高，有关考古数据和罗马帝国道路网络的信息也可能提供重要的参考。第三，使用基于 30 m 数字高程模型的 GIS 模拟具有很大的局限性。特别是，使用最低成本路径和走廊来模拟短距离旅行已被证明是徒劳的。与此同时，使用最低成本走廊来预测长途旅行提供了一些有希望的结果。