The Avdat in Late Antiquity Project: uncovering the Early Islamic phases of a Byzantine town in the Negev Highlands
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Bucking, S
Dunseth, ZC
Schwimer, L
Erickson-Gini, T
Abstract
jats:pThree seasons of archaeological fieldwork by the jats:italicAvdat in Late Antiquity Project</jats:italic> have yielded new evidence of intensive Early Islamic activity in the late antique town of Avdat in Israel's Negev Highlands. This evidence has important implications for understanding the fate of such towns in the region during the Byzantine–Islamic transition.</jats:p>
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Israel, Avdat, late antique, Byzantine-Islamic transition, urban change, cave dwellings
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Antiquity
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0003-598X
1745-1744
1745-1744
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Antiquity Publications
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British Academy Newton International Fellowship