Caravanserai middens on desert roads
A new perspective on the Nabataean-Roman trade network across the Negev
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3145567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Bar-Oz (0000-0002-1009-5619, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Roy Galili (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Daniel Fuks (0000-0003-4686-6128, University of Cambridge), Tali Erickson-Gini (0000-0003-2902-3831, Israel Antiquities Authority), Yotam Tepper (0000-0002-5564-1652, Israel Antiquities Authority), Nofar Shamir (University of Haifa), Gideon Avni (0000-0003-3078-0696, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 387 |
| Pages | 592-610 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2022.40 |
| OpenAlex | W4225612620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 22 |
Long-distance trade routes criss-crossed ancient Africa and Eurasia. Archaeological research has focused on the commodities in transit and the excavation of major centres located along these routes, with less attention paid to smaller caravanserai and evidence such as rubbish middens. The 'Incense Route' linked the Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, with activity peaking during the Nabataean and Roman periods. The authors present the results of test-pit excavations of middens at three small Nabataean-Roman desert caravanserai along the 'Incense Route'. The assemblages recovered include material culture attesting to wide, inter-regional connections, combined with archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data illuminating the subsistence basis of the caravan trade
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Incense · Mediterranean climate · Peninsula · Prehistory · Subsistence agriculture · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 3,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |