Abstract
Occupation of Mitzpe Shivta in the Negev Desert coincided with times of economic and social upheaval and counterculture movements during the sixth and seventh centuries AD. Inscriptions and symbols found in rock-hewn rooms in the region indicate that while the agricultural economy declined during the late Byzantine period, pilgrimage and monasticism prospered.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e34 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 396 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.
Keywords
- agriculture
- epigraphic survey
- pilgrimage
- radiocarbon dating
- rock-cut rooms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- General Arts and Humanities