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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Jerusalem. [PDF]

open access: yesGround Water
Abstract Jerusalem, a city held sacred by three of the world's great religions, is located in a semi‐arid climate, and its occupation through the millennia has only been made possible by the construction of an extensive and ingenious water supply infrastructure. The settlement of Jerusalem was first made possible by water from the Gihon Spring.
Deming D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pomological and Biochemical Properties of Blackberry (<i>Rubus fruticocus</i>) Genotypes. [PDF]

open access: yesFood Sci Nutr
In this study, blackberry genotypes naturally grown in Tunceli were examined, and those with superior characteristics were identified. The results showed significant differences among the genotypes in terms of fruit weight, length, width, color values, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity, vitamin C, antioxidant activity, organic acids, and ...
Dogan H   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Carbon stable isotope analysis of cereal remains as a way to reconstruct water availability: preliminary results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Reconstructing past water availability, both as rainfall and irrigation, is important to answer questions about the way society reacts to climate and its changes and the role of irrigation in the development of social complexity.
AM Rosen   +97 more
core   +1 more source

Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro-charcoal records of biomass burning during the Last Glacial Interglacial Transition in Southwest Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study investigates changes in climate, vegetation, wildfire and human activity in Southwest Asia during the transition to Neolithic agriculture between ca. 16 and ca. 9 ka.
Alperson-Afil   +80 more
core   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

O ziarnie, kościach i załamaniu osadniczym nad Haburem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A hypothesis on the total collapse of the settlement in Northern Syria at the end of the third millennium BC, put forward in 1993 by Harvey Weiss and his team, is one of the most disputed issues in the protohistoric archaeology of North Mesopotamia ...
Koliński, Rafał
core   +2 more sources

Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source

Fluvial stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the Pasinler Basin, eastern Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Valley floor sediments from the Pasinler Basin, eastern Turkey, provide evidence for Pleistocene and Holocene floodplain conditions. Three terrace surfaces are present.
Bayraktutan, MS, Collins, PEF, Rust, DJ
core  

Quantifying Past and Future Terrestrial Water Storage Scarcity Across China Through Midcentury

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
Abstract Terrestrial water storage (TWS) in China, with the world's largest irrigated expanse and extensive mid‐low latitude glaciers, is essential for effective water resource management and socioeconomic risk adaptation. However, the responses of TWS to human intervention and climate change, both during historical periods and under future scenarios ...
Kai Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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