The edge of the empire:: the archaeology of pastoral nomads in the southern Negev Highlands in late antiquity

Steven A Rosen; Gideon Avni

doi:10.2307/3210372

The edge of the empire: the archaeology of pastoral nomads in the southern Negev Highlands in late antiquity

Steven A Rosen, Gideon Avni

Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

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Abstract

Pastoral sites look more like sites from the Stone Age than those from the Iron Age. Yet by fine-tuning their methods, excavators in the Central Negev have succeeded in detailing the life of pastoral societies of Late Antiquity, making audible the voices of ancient nomads previously known only from the passing reference of some Byzantine travelers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-199
Number of pages	11
Journal	The Biblical Archaeologist
Volume	56
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3210372
State	Published - Dec 1993

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