Environmental Change and Settlement at Tel Lachish, Israel
Alluvial sequences in central Israel reveal a history of climatic and landscape changes from Chalcolithic through Byzantine times. These are closely related to social and historical events at Tel Lachish. The deposits indicate a moister climate during initial settlement in the Chalcolithic period an...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The University of Chicago Press
1986
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Bulletin of ASOR
Jahr: 1986, Band: 263, Seiten: 55-60 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Alluvial sequences in central Israel reveal a history of climatic and landscape changes from Chalcolithic through Byzantine times. These are closely related to social and historical events at Tel Lachish. The deposits indicate a moister climate during initial settlement in the Chalcolithic period and Early Bronze Age. Rapid floodplain buildup in MB I suggests an instability in the drainage system corresponding to widespread abandonment of Levantine cities, including Lachish. A dry period of wadi incision followed. This lasted until a phase of colluvial deposition in the Late Iron Age, which apparently resulted from neglected agricultural terraces after the Assyrian destruction of Israelite Lachish. A later fill accompanied Byzantine settlement and may be related to an amelioration in climate. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1356910 |