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DOI	10.1177/0959683621994641
	Ancient to recent-past runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley: OSL dating and insights
	Stavi, Ilan; Ragolsky, Gidon; Haiman, Mordechai; Porat, Naomi
通讯作者	Stavi, I (corresponding author), Dead Sea & Arava Sci Ctr, IL-88820 Yotvata, Israel.
来源期刊	HOLOCENE
ISSN	0959-6836
EISSN	1477-0911
出版年	2021
卷号	31 期号:6 页码:1047-1054
英文摘要	Runoff harvesting agriculture was prevalent in ancient times across the southern Levant. In modern Israel, remnants of this agricultural adaptation strategy are widespread mostly in the semi-arid and arid Negev. Extensive literature has thoroughly described the farming systems of this region. However, runoff agriculture in the dryer, hyper-arid regions of the Arava Valley and southern Negev (excluding the Uvda Valley), has scarcely been researched. A recent study revealed remnants of simple stone terraces in several wadis (ephemeral stream channels) throughout the central Arava Valley that have not yet been dated. The objective of this study was to use the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) method to date sediments trapped in the stone terraces. The results revealed dominance of terraces dated to the Ottoman period (1516-1917 CE). Few samples were dated to the earlier Late Islamic period (1099-1516 CE) or Byzantine period (324-638 CE), and to the later, modern period of the mid-20th century. Generally, these periods coincide with relatively moister regional climatic conditions, which prevailed in the 4th, 11th-12th, and late 19th centuries CE. Yet, our findings also concur with periods of effective governance by central administrations. Therefore, results of this study fit the concept that runoff agriculture practiced in peripheral areas in ancient to recent-past times was co-determined by climatic settings and geo-political conditions, which enabled human inhabitation in these regions.
英文关键词	central authorities’ effectiveness climate change dryland habitation extreme deserts geo-archaeology human adaptation
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000637135600001
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350475
作者单位	[Stavi, Ilan; Ragolsky, Gidon] Dead Sea & Arava Sci Ctr, IL-88820 Yotvata, Israel; [Stavi, Ilan] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Eilat Campus, Beer Sheva, Israel; [Haiman, Mordechai] Israel Antiqu Author, Jerusalem, Israel; [Porat, Naomi] Geol Survey Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stavi, Ilan,Ragolsky, Gidon,Haiman, Mordechai,et al. Ancient to recent-past runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley: OSL dating and insights[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2021,31(6):1047-1054.
APA	Stavi, Ilan,Ragolsky, Gidon,Haiman, Mordechai,&Porat, Naomi.(2021).Ancient to recent-past runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley: OSL dating and insights.HOLOCENE,31(6),1047-1054.
MLA	Stavi, Ilan,et al."Ancient to recent-past runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley: OSL dating and insights".HOLOCENE 31.6(2021):1047-1054.