Salvage Excavations as a Source for Reconstructing Settlement History in Ancient Israel

Faust, Avraham; Safrai, Zeev

doi:10.1179/003103205x62981

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“…There is no point in developing the issue here (for a more detailed discussion, with several other examples, see Faust and Safrai 2005;Faust 2007, 5-6). The fi ndings of the surveys regarding the seventh century are simply another example for the 'problematic' nature of this method.…”

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“…Moreover, (3) when there is (re)growth after a gap in the rural sector, people would not necessarily return to the same sites, since every hill and every slope is suitable for the siting of a farmstead. People who resettle a region, unless they have a connection to the former settlement and the former land division, might built the rural settlement in practically every location, based on the 'new' land division and inheritances, as had happened so often in the past (for an extended discussion, see, e.g., Faust 2003a;Faust and Safrai 2005). An examination of continuity in rural sites might theoretically teach us about continuity between the eighth and the seventh century.…”

Section: The Archaeological Evidence From Jerusalem's Surroundings Rementioning

confidence: 99%

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Settlement and Demography in Seventh-Century Judah and the Extent and Intensity of Sennacherib's Campaign

Faust¹

2008

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

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A detailed examination of data from dozens of excavated sites, urban and rural alike, reveals that most parts of Judah prospered in the seventh century bce, and that this, and not the eighth century, represents the settlement peak in most parts of the kingdom. Systematic investigation of the data conducted both on the site level and on a regional basis allows us to identify patterns of continuity, prosperity and decline during the transition from the eighth to the seventh century bce. The identifi ed patterns are presented, and possible explanations for them are suggested. These patterns are then compared and contrasted with information from the various textual sources (both the biblical and the Assyrian sources) on Sennacherib's campaign to Judah in 701, in order to gain a better understanding of the campaign and its impact on the kingdom of Judah.

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Section: The Archaeological Evidence From Jerusalem's Surroundings Rementioning

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Settlement and Demography in Seventh-Century Judah and the Extent and Intensity of Sennacherib's Campaign

Faust¹

2008

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

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“…In the Byzantine period, STs spread southward, to the southern Hebron Hills. This distribution corresponds to the density and distribution of settlement in the mountain regions over the years (see Faust & Safrai, 2015).…”

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“…The tall, pointed barrel vault, as seen in Ein Tanur, is quite typical of the Crusader/medieval period, as is the cross vault found in the later stage of the Ein Faghur spring house (Figure 7 and Supporting Information: Appendix A.2: site 33). A vault constructed of stones bonded with debesh could be Crusader (e.g., in Khirbet Ba'lama, Samaria; Pringle, 1997, p. 30) the years (see Faust & Safrai, 2015).…”

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Evolution of water extraction technology (spring tunnels) in the Southern Levant during the last three millennia

Yechezkel,

Frumkin,

Edwards

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A spring tunnel is an ancient water installation used to artificially increase the water yield of a spring through a subterranean tunnel. We have developed a database of 216 spring tunnels documented in the central region of the Southern Levant (present‐day Israel), constructed between Iron Age II and the modern era. The study focuses on the evolution of this water installation over a period of 2500 years, examining these constructions from technological, typological, spatial, and cultural perspectives. Within the larger database, 132 spring tunnels have been mapped, from which we present 36 examples selected to outline the typology and chronology of this type of water installation. The findings of the study indicate a diachronic correlation between the distribution of settlement in the mountain region and the number and geographical distribution of spring tunnels. Ethnic and religious changes, and the complexity of the mountain region's population, are also reflected in the use of these water installations. The comprehensive water structure database presented in this article, from a peripheral, yet strategically located region in relation both to the Far East and to West Mediterranean Empires, is used for initial consideration of local initiatives versus the knowledge‐transfer process.

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“…In the first part of the paper we present archaeological evidence for settlement decline along the Israeli coast during the third millennium BC. This is based on both data published from planned excavations and surveys, and a new database (see Faust and Safrai, 2005) that encompasses all published salvage excavations in Israel-these data, although published, have not been previously used and analyzed in a systematic way. In the second part of the paper we present an array of known paleoclimate data from different regions and sources that indicate the occurrence of more humid conditions during the third millennium BC.…”

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Excess in precipitation as a cause for settlement decline along the Israeli coastal plain during the third millennium BC

Faust

Ashkenazy

2007

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Although the relations between climate and settlement are not straightforward, there is a general agreement that arid conditions are less favorable for human settlement in the semiarid Near East than humid conditions. Here we show that humid conditions resulted in the abandonment of settlements along the Israeli coastal plain. We first present archaeological evidence for a drastic decline in settlement along the Israeli coast during most of the third millennium BC (Early Bronze Age II–III). Then, based on archaeological and climatic evidence, we link this decline to an environmental change occurring at that time. We propose that increased precipitation intensified the already existing drainage problems and resulted in flooding, which led to the transformation of arable land into marshes and to the spread of diseases, gradually causing settlement decline and abandonment.

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Salvage Excavations as a Source for Reconstructing Settlement History in Ancient Israel

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Settlement and Demography in Seventh-Century Judah and the Extent and Intensity of Sennacherib's Campaign

Settlement and Demography in Seventh-Century Judah and the Extent and Intensity of Sennacherib's Campaign

Evolution of water extraction technology (spring tunnels) in the Southern Levant during the last three millennia

Excess in precipitation as a cause for settlement decline along the Israeli coastal plain during the third millennium BC

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