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Climate, settlement patterns and olive horticulture in the southern Levant during the Early Bronze and Intermediate Bronze Ages ( c. 3600–1950 BC)

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ID24092563
AuthorsDafna Langgut (0000-0002-4824-1044, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), Matthew J Adams (0000-0001-9447-6277, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research), Israel Finkelstein (0000-0002-5643-2158, Tel Aviv University)
Year2016
Volume48
Issue2
Pages117-134
Publication date2016-05-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLevant (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0075-8914 • E-ISSN: 1756-3801
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00758914.2016.1193323
OpenAlexW2475915637
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited70

We report results of palynological investigation of a core of sediments extracted from the bottom of the Sea of Galilee. The core was sampled at high resolution for both palynological analysis (a sample was taken c. every 40 years) and radiocarbon dating. The article focuses on the Early Bronze and Intermediate Bronze Ages, c. 3600–1950 BC. The results enable reconstruction of the vegetation and thus climate in the lake's fluvial and alluvial catchment, which includes large parts of northern Israel and Lebanon and south-western Syria. The study sheds light on topics such as changes in olive cultivation through time and regions, processes of urbanization and collapse and settlement expansion and retraction in the arid zones.

Alluvium · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Fluvial · Geography · Palynology · Pollen · Radiocarbon dating · Settlement (finance) · Structural basin · Vegetation (pathology) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Geology · Paleontology

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