Climate stability and societal decline on the margins of the Byzantine empire in the Negev Desert

Abstract Understanding past human settlement of inhospitable regions is one of the most intriguing puzzles in archaeological research, with implications for more sustainable use of marginal regions today. During the Byzantine period in the 4th century CE, large settlements were established in the ar...

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Main Authors: Petra Vaiglova, Gideon Hartman, Nimrod Marom, Avner Ayalon, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Tami Zilberman, Gal Yasur, Michael Buckley, Rachel Bernstein, Yotam Tepper, Lior Weissbrod, Tali Erickson-Gini, Guy Bar-Oz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58360-5