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Settlement, Agriculture and Paleoclimate in ʿUvda Valley, Southern Negev Desert, 6th–3rd Millennia BC

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Water, Environment and Society in Times of Climatic Change

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ʿUvda Valley, in the southern Negev, Israel, is an extreme desert area. It is characterized by summer temperatures above 40°C, low precipitation of 28 mm annual average, with an annual evaporation rate of 4,000 mm. The significance of these figures is more apparent when compared with those of the Negev Highland desert, 100 km to the north, with 100 mm average annual precipitation and 2,000 mm evaporation potential. Obviously, the water balance of the southern Negev is very negative. Since vegetation is restricted to wadi beds, the carrying capacity of the area is low for vegetation, for animals, and for man who subsists on both. Accordingly, only limited archaeological remains would be expected, i.e. the markers for human presence and activity in the past. Indeed, most of the southern Negev is characterized by a low density of ancient sites. Yet, contrary to expectations, archaeological remains in the southern-most Negev are exceptionally abundant. From Ueda Valley in the north to Eilat in the south, some 1,200 km2, 1,600 sites are known today, even though only 16% of the area has been surveyed in detail.

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