Networks of trade and exchange along the Israeli Silk Road: The silk and cotton finds from Nahal Omer, Negev Desert

Berit Hildebrandt, Orit Shamir, Roy Galili, Nofar Shamir, Guy Bar-Oz

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Abstract

Excavations at Nahal Omer, an Early Islamic way station in the Negev Desert (sixth to ninth centuries AD), have yielded exotic textiles such as silks and cottons. Through a new study of these textiles, this project investigates the trade networks and global connectivity along this little-known artery of the Silk Road.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere14
JournalAntiquity
Volume97
Issue number393
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This project is financially supported by the State of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • Arts and Humanities (all)

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