Seeds from 1,500-year-old Negev trash pits show a world on the brink of collapse: how plague, climate change & socioeconomic depression in booming em

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/seeds...h-pits-show-a-world-on-the-brink-of-collapse/

ArchaeologyAs Negev wine trade dried up, Byzantine era was rotting too
Seeds from 1,500-year-old Negev trash pits show a world on the brink of collapse

Study of 10,000 seeds from Negev viticulture settlements illustrates how plague, climate change and socioeconomic depression in booming empire’s periphery point to its decline


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