Jerusalem’s Farmland Transformed: The Expansion of Agricultural Terracing
Life on the Farm in Late Medieval Jerusalem - The Village of Beit Mazmil, its Occupants and their Industry over Five Centuries - Bethany J. Walker
Omer Ze'evi Berger [+]
University of Bonn (PhD student)
Omer Zeʿevi-Berger is a PhD candidate in the University of Bonn’s Islamic Archaeology Research Unit. Currently, his research centers on landscape archaeology and human-environment interactions, with a focus on terraced agriculture. His dissertation deals with the meshwork of relationships among cities, villages, and landscapes around Jerusalem and the Shephelah during the Middle and Late Islamic periods. In addition to the Medieval
Jerusalem Hinterland Project, Mr. Ze’evi-Berger is affiliated with the Tel Hadid excavation
project, and the “TERRSOC – Reading Ancient Landscapes” project, funded by the German Research Foundation.
Nitsan Ben-Melech [+]
Tel Aviv University (PhD student)
Nitsan Ben-Melech is a PhD candidate in the school of Jewish studies and archaeology at Tel Aviv University. Nitsan’s primary focus is on landscape archaeology, specializing in OSL dating of archaeological materials. Her dissertation deals with chronological aspects of the landscape in the Jerusalem highlands.
Description
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.