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A selection of media reports on our research
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...
Sep 3, 2025
Jul 16, 2025
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
Jul 10, 2025
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
Jun 23, 2025
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
Jun 2, 2025
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
Feb 15, 2025
University of Haifa Study Reveals Insights for Winemakers Grappling with Climate Change
From Wine Industry Advisor (January 2025) The groundbreaking, decade-long study offers evidence on how the modern wine industry can...
Feb 12, 2025
Research leads Israel’s wine industry to climate change solutions
The potential of ancient grape cultivars and traditional farming techniques that winemakers can use to adapt to an environment impacted by c
Feb 12, 2025
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Feb 10, 2025
Why are heritage trees so important? (videocast)
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Feb 6, 2025
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Jan 5, 2025
Prof. Guy Bar-Oz is awarded his third ERC
From Press Release: The Division of the Presidency and External Relations (January 2024) Prof. Guy Bar-Oz (School of Archaeology and...
Aug 10, 2024
Genetic analysis of bioarchaeological relic materials mixed with archival research and contemporary ethnography prove a resourceful perspective for researchers involved with the ERC ADVANCED GRANT:
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Aug 2, 2024
Scientists from the ‘ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE” are studying the traits of feral heritage fruit trees in arid climes and were surprised to learn that…
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Jul 25, 2024
Novel multidisciplinary bioarchaeological fieldwork yields new discoveries for researchers undertaking the ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE…
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Jul 6, 2024
In the news: Groundbreaking findings arise from the ERC ADVANCED GRANT: BOSTAN-TREE suggesting that …
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Jun 13, 2024
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