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Historical Roots of Heritage Horticulture in the Southern Coastal Plain of IsraelMotti Zohar, Yuval Ben-Bassat, Guy Bar-Oz

Land , 2025, 14, 285. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020285 The article reconstructs the agricultural landscape of the southern coastal...

Shiri Barnhart

Sep 3, 20251 min read

נחשפו סודות כלכלת היין המשגשגת של הנגב בתקופה הביזנטית

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Shiri Barnhart

Jul 16, 20251 min read

Wine economy in Byzantine Shivta (Negev, Israel): Exploring the role of runoff agriculture and droughts through Agent-Based Modeling

PLOS One, July 10, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325204 Barak Garty, Gil Gambash, Sharona T. Levy, Guy Bar-Oz The article discusses how innovative dryland farming techniques, such as runoff harvesting systems, terraces, and pigeon towers, enabled intensive grape cultivation and a thriving wine export economy in the Byzantine era Negev desert. The study focuses on the resilience and adaptability of viticulture in the Shivta hinterland, analyzing how climatic ch

Shiri Barnhart

Jul 10, 20251 min read

Mediterranean Viticulture in Late Antique Palestine

Journal of Interdisciplinary History, LVI:1 (Summer, 2025), 43–79. https://doi.org/10.1162/JINH.a.3 Shulamit Miller, Guy Bar-Oz, Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, and Gil Gambash The article discusses viticulture as a prolific form of horticulture throughout Mediterranean history, especially during the Roman period and throughout Late Antiquity. Vintners across the greater Mediterranean produced wines of varying qualities that could be sold at a range of prices in local markets and taverns o

Shiri Barnhart

Jun 23, 20251 min read

צל עץ תמר – סקר מצב אוכלוסיות התמרים בנגב ובערבה (מאילת ועד חוף אשקלון) | In the Shadow of the Date Palm – Survey on the Status of Date Palm Populations in the Negev and Arava (from Eilat to the Ashke

Ya’ar , 2025, June, #28. https://www.kkl.org.il/forest_online_journal_yaar28/ Roi Galilee, Ariel Maroz, Yuval Cohen, Guy Bar-Oz The date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) is a hydrophilic plant that naturally evolved in moist environments within desert regions. The palm’s high tolerance to soil and water salinity, unique familial structure, and reproduction via both sexual and vegetative means confer a high degree of resilience on date populations. Yet, date palms are sensitive

Shiri Barnhart

Jun 2, 20251 min read

An Ecological Comparison of Two Abandoned Heritage Orchards in Northern Israel

Heritage , 2025, 8, 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage8020076 Eli Ashkenazi , Ido Wachtel, Guy Bar-Oz, Roy Marom, and Liora Kolska Horwitz The article discusses two relict traditional Palestinian orchards: one was abandoned following the 1948 war when the farmers were exiled to Lebanon, and the second was tended by farmers up until the early 1970s. The orchards are located in two different Mediterranean phytogeographic regions, one in the hilly Upper Galilee and the other o

Shiri Barnhart

Feb 15, 20251 min read