Resurrecting Mitzpe Shivta: connections between monasticism and economy in the Late Antique Negev Desert
ANTIQUITY(2023)
Abstract
Occupation of Mitzpe Shivta in the Negev Desert coincided with times of economic and social upheaval and counterculture movements during the sixth and seventh centuries AD. Inscriptions and symbols found in rock-hewn rooms in the region indicate that while the agricultural economy declined during the late Byzantine period, pilgrimage and monasticism prospered.
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radiocarbon dating,rock-cut rooms,epigraphic survey,agriculture,pilgrimage
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