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Book: Life on the Farm in Late Medieval Jerusalem

Chapter: Jerusalem’s Farmland Transformed: The Expansion of Agricultural Terracing

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.40922

Blurb:

Several seasons of excavations in what were the cultivated lands of medieval Beit Mazmīl and Ein Kerem are presented in this chapter. It centers on the results of the OSL dating of the agricultural terraces, creating a map of land and field development contemporary with the occupation of the farmstead.

Chapter Contributors

  • Omer Ze'evi Berger (omer.zeev@gmail.com - ozeevi) 'University of Bonn (PhD student)'
  • Nitsan Ben-Melech (nitsanbm@gmail.com - nmelech) 'Tel Aviv University (PhD student)'