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DOI	10.1179/175638012X13285409187955
	Questioning Transjordan's Historic Desertification: A Critical Review of the Paradigm of 'Empty Lands'
	Lucke, Bernhard; Shunnaq, Mohammed; Walker, Bethany; Shiyab, Atef; al-Muheisen, Zeidoun; al-Sababha, Hussein; Baeumler, Rupert; Schmidt, Michael
通讯作者	Lucke, B (corresponding author), Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Geog, Kochstr 4-4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
来源期刊	LEVANT
ISSN	0075-8914
出版年	2012
卷号	44 期号:1 页码:101-126
英文摘要	European travel reports of the 19th century and excavations in Transjordan created the impression that population numbers were strongly reduced during the Islamic periods, leading to 'empty' lands which were only resettled during the early 20th century. This development was considered to be caused by bad (Muslim) governance, nomadic incursions, and environmental degradation. However, our case study near the ancient site Abila of the Decapolis in northern Jordan found that the land was never empty and always fertile, but there is evidence for a rapid and intense landscape change during the Late Byzantine period. This was probably caused by a significant shift to aridity which also triggered socio-economic changes in subsistence strategies from agriculture to nomadism. The climatic change seems to have occurred rapidly within approximately 100 years in the late 6th and early 7th centuries AD and was accompanied by heavy rainfall events. It might have been caused or triggered by the climatic event of the 'Mystery Veil' which the Byzantine historian Procopius described in the year 536 AD. During the Medieval period, settlement density increased again until another decline took place in the late Ottoman period. However, the vicinity of Abila was probably never abandoned and the continuity of place names speaks against a larger exchange of population. Rising population numbers and favourable climatic conditions in the early 20th century caused most tribes to settle again, which improved government control.
英文关键词	climate change land degradation overgrazing abandonment Mystery Veil Abila of the Decapolis
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000306589400005
WOS关键词	REGION NORTHERN JORDAN ; DEAD-SEA ; SOREQ CAVE ; NEAR-EAST ; DECAPOLIS ; ISRAEL
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361070
作者单位	[Lucke, Bernhard] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Geog, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany; [Shunnaq, Mohammed; Shiyab, Atef; al-Muheisen, Zeidoun; al-Sababha, Hussein] Yarmouk Univ, Fac Archaeol & Anthropol, Irbid, Jordan; [Walker, Bethany] Missouri State Univ, Dept Hist, Springfield, MO USA; [Schmidt, Michael] Brandenburg Tech Univ Cottbus, Environm Planning Dept, Cottbus, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lucke, Bernhard,Shunnaq, Mohammed,Walker, Bethany,et al. Questioning Transjordan's Historic Desertification: A Critical Review of the Paradigm of 'Empty Lands'[J],2012,44(1):101-126.
APA	Lucke, Bernhard.,Shunnaq, Mohammed.,Walker, Bethany.,Shiyab, Atef.,al-Muheisen, Zeidoun.,...&Schmidt, Michael.(2012).Questioning Transjordan's Historic Desertification: A Critical Review of the Paradigm of 'Empty Lands'.LEVANT,44(1),101-126.
MLA	Lucke, Bernhard,et al."Questioning Transjordan's Historic Desertification: A Critical Review of the Paradigm of 'Empty Lands'".LEVANT 44.1(2012):101-126.