The Avdat in Late Antiquity Project: uncovering the Early Islamic phases of a Byzantine town in the Negev Highlands
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Bucking, S; Fuks, D; Dunseth, ZC; Schwimer, L; Erickson-Gini, T
- Source
- Subject
- Avdat
late antique
Archeology
urban change
General Arts and Humanities
Byzantine-Islamic transition
Israel
cave dwellings
- Language
Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork by the Avdat in Late Antiquity Project 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.