Landscape archaeology in a dry-stream valley near Tell escombining dot below-Scombining dot belowâfì/Gath (Israel): Agricultural terraces and the origin of fill deposits

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-215

  Ackermann, Oren ^a   Bruins, Hendrik J ^b   Sarah, Pariente ^a   Zhevelev, Helena ^a   Maeir, Aren M ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Check dam agricultural terraces; Contour agricultural Terraces; Landscape archaeology; Mediterranean environment; Philistines; Tell es Safi Gath

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949152977     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2005.10.2.199     Document Type: Article

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