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DOI	10.1179/0093469013Z.00000000052
	Byzantine-Early Islamic agricultural systems in the Negev Highlands: Stages of development as interpreted through OSL dating
	Avni, Gideon; Porat, Naomi; Avni, Yoav
通讯作者	Avni, G (corresponding author), Israel Antiqu Author, POB 586, IL-91004 Jerusalem, Israel.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	0093-4690
EISSN	2042-4582
出版年	2013
卷号	38 期号:4 页码:332-346
英文摘要	An extensive survey followed by OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) dating of loess accumulation in agricultural terraces at six Byzantine and Early Islamic sites in the Negev Highlands revealed clear stratigraphic and chronological sequences. Traditionally dated to the 1st-7th centuries A.D., results from the present study demonstrate that the construction and use of largescale agricultural systems took place in the 4th-11th centuries A.D. This new chronology provides the framework for a more precise interpretation of the circumstances of construction and demise of largescale agriculture in the Negev Highlands. The agricultural fields were exploited continuously, yet ancient farmers had to confront the environmental hazards of occasional intensive floods, successive years of drought, and a constant process of loess accumulation and erosion. The constant maintenance and repair of fields necessitated an investment of labor. However, it seems that the expansion of ancient agriculture was part of the natural growth and development of Byzantine settlements in the Negev, and not the outcome of planned government enterprise. The agricultural systems were abandoned in the course of the 11th century A.D. and sporadically reused by pastoral nomads.
英文关键词	agricultural terraces OSL dating Negev Byzantine-Early Islamic periods Levant
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000326273100004
WOS关键词	ENVIRONMENT ; DESERT ; DESERTIFICATION ; HOLOCENE ; SINGLE ; QUARTZ
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/2XILL650/361103
作者单位	[Avni, Gideon] Israel Antiqu Author, Archaeol Div, IL-91004 Jerusalem, Israel; [Porat, Naomi; Avni, Yoav] Geol Survey Israel, IL-95501 Jerusalem, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Avni, Gideon,Porat, Naomi,Avni, Yoav. Byzantine-Early Islamic agricultural systems in the Negev Highlands: Stages of development as interpreted through OSL dating[J],2013,38(4):332-346.
APA	Avni, Gideon,Porat, Naomi,&Avni, Yoav.(2013).Byzantine-Early Islamic agricultural systems in the Negev Highlands: Stages of development as interpreted through OSL dating.JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY,38(4),332-346.
MLA	Avni, Gideon,et al."Byzantine-Early Islamic agricultural systems in the Negev Highlands: Stages of development as interpreted through OSL dating".JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY 38.4(2013):332-346.